close-reefed

adjective

Of a sail, fully reefed; using all the reefs.

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Meanings

adjectiveclose-reefed (not comparable)

alternative closereefed

  1. not comparablenauticalOf a sail, fully reefed; using all the reefs.

    About noon we saw a vessel on a wind to leeward of us, which was a source of great delight to us all, and we bore down to her. We soon made her out to be an hermaphrodite brig, under her close-reefed topsails and trysails.

    1846, Frederick Marryat, The Privateersman
verb

alternative closereefed

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of close-reef

Origin

From close + reefed.

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APA

close-reefed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close-reefed

MLA

“close-reefed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close-reefed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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