Meanings
plural reafs
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of reef.
The largest ships may pass between the outer reafs and the Black rocks.
1891, H. A. Moriarty, Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, Westward of Longitude 80° east, including Madagascar, page 1241 more example
A large number of vessels continued to be wrecked, and a vast amount of property is lost on the Florida reafs.
1834 August 2, Niles' Register, page 384
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