close-reefed en · ADJ
Etymology
From close + reefed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of a sail, fully reefed; using all the reefs.
About noon we saw a vessel on a wind to leeward of us, which was a source of great delight to us all, and we bore down to her. We soon made her out to be an hermaphrodite brig, under her close-reefed topsails and trysails.
1846, Frederick Marryat, The Privateersman:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| closereefed | alternative | lexicographic |