EGAVE

reefed

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Having part of a sail tied up in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
  2. adjective 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.
  3. verb simple past and past participle of reef

Similar words

topsail trysail mainsail foresail mizzen topsails depper area-denial deperimeterized probe-and-drogue

Often followed by

topsails foresail the main mainsail sails and fore top

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