Meanings
nounreef-band (plural reef-bands)
plural reef-bands · alternative reefband · alternative reef band
- nauticalA piece of canvas sewn across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.
The rope passed from below up through a sister-block in the rigging at the topmast-head, thence through the end of the yard to a block in the reef-band of the sail, &c.
1846, “Improvements in Ships”, in Boston Journal
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