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reef point

British

noun

nautical one of several short lengths of line stitched through a sail for tying a reef

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Every spar was distinct, every reef point on the great sails, and the decks lay like spaces of frost cut by shadows black as ebony.

From The Blue Lagoon: a romance by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

Then there was the preliminary visit to the reverend gentleman who was to "pass the reef point."

From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.

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