Definition of Reefing. Meaning of Reefing. Synonyms of Reefing

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Definition of Reefing

Reefing
Reef Reef, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reefed (r[=e]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Reefing.] (Naut.) To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar. --Totten. To reef the paddles, to move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.
Reefing
Reefing Reef"ing, n. (Naut.) The process of taking in a reef. Reefing bowsprit, a bowsprit so rigged that it can easily be run in or shortened by sliding inboard, as in cutters.

Meaning of Reefing from wikipedia

- Look up reefing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reefing reduces the area of a sail, usually by folding or rolling one edge of the canvas in on itself...
- A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate...
- A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result...
- The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres...
- universally used for parcels, rolls and bundles. At sea it is always emplo**** in reefing and furling sails and stopping clothes for drying. But under no cir****stances...
- species of reef-****ociated sharks which are known by the common name reef sharks. In the Indian and Pacific Oceans: Blacktip reef shark Grey reef shark Whitetip...
- scarp in South Africa Great Barrier Reef or "The Reef", the planet's largest coral reef The Reef or The Reefs, a former mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, in...
- Reef is a brand of casual sandals, known as flip-flops (Australia: thongs, New Zealand: jandals), created by two Argentine brothers, Fernando and Santiago...
- attach sails to spars; and reefing features, which may include reefing lines attached to the sail or grommets that have reefing lines running through them...
- North Reef may refer to: North Reef, Solomon Islands North Reef, Queensland North Reef Light North Reef, Paracel Islands North Reef, Spratly Islands (in...