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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REEFING

ppr. Folding and making fast to the yard, as a portion of a sail.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REEFING

REEFING Reef "ing, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: The process of taking in a reef. Reefing bowsprit, a bowsprit so rigged that it can easily be run in or shortened by sliding inboard, as in cutters.