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reefed en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Having part of a sail tied up in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
    • The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.] 1887, Mrs. Dominic D. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 16:
  2. (of a parachute, qualifier:space flight) Semi-deployed, with the canopy initially restricted from fully opening, in order to avoid subjecting the canopy to excessive air loads or the payload to excessive g-forces from fully deploying at high airspeed.

Forms

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most reefed Degree=Sup lexicographic
more reefed Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unreefed · close-reefed

reefed en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of reef
    form of reef