close-reefed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of close-reefed
First recorded in 1750–60
Example Sentences
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The wind was favourable all the way, but strong enough to make a glorious passage with a close-reefed mainsail and storm-jib, so they bowled along, impatient now to get back to bonnie Arrandoon.
From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Gordon Stables
We continued our search, however, sometimes under a close-reefed sail; sometimes on our oars, and sometimes scudding with only the mast up.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy
The yacht bowled on under close-reefed stay-sails, and all was happy.
From Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories by Edward E. Hale
The fore and main topsails were close-reefed, the storm stay-sails and jib set, and the guns, boats, and hatches properly secured.
From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Jo Vanny drew down his cap, put his hands deep in his pockets, and thus close-reefed scudded down the hill in the freezing wind to the shelter of the streets below.
From The Front Yard by Constance Fenimore Woolson
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