close-reefed

American  

[klohs-reefd, klohz-] / ˈkloʊsˈrifd, ˈkloʊz- /

adjective

Nautical.

1. having most or all of the sail reefs taken in.

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Etymology

Origin of close-reefed

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

All sail was taken in except close-reefed main top-sail and fore-storm stay-sail.

From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous

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 Stables, Gordon

Just then we were making fourteen knots, with only a foresail, a fore-topsail, and main-topsail, the latter two close-reefed.

From Medical Life in the Navy by Stables, Gordon

Hove-to, with only her spanker, close-reefed main-topsail and fore-staysail set, there was a chance of keeping her off the coast till the sea should quiet down enough to allow of a jury rudder being rigged.

From Beggars on Horseback by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)

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 Woolson, Constance Fenimore