reefed's Usage Examples:

Once the sail is reefed, raise the main, stow the boom crutch, raise the jib, and bear off.

A major disadvantage is that, to shorten sail, the jib must be reefed as well as the main.

luff slides to migrate horizontally away from the mast when the sail is reefed.

was a relatively light dinghy with a large sail area that could easily be reefed.

methods can distort the sail, and are not compatible with battens in the reefed or furled portion of the sail.

While most cars were reefed, some have been preserved, and others have been retained for other purposes.

sailboats such as racing dinghies where the sail cannot be lessened or reefed, frequent round-ups may be a sign that the wind conditions are too strong.

removable bottom section, allowing the mast to be shortened when the sail is reefed.

scrapped) and reefed on April 17, 2010.

8289–8290 – used as police training cars in Coney Island Yard until January 2008, when they were reefed.

Navy as ARG-15, then Webster (ARV-2), reefed off Cape Henry 1977 SS Mason L.

and straightforward, easy enough to sail in moderate breezes single handed, and in heavy breezes the mainsail can be reefed to reduce its area.

ultimately replaced with R161s (R33s converted into rider cars) and subsequently reefed in 2009.

The R40s and slant-ended R40As were retired and reefed from fall 2007 to June 12, 2009, when the last slant-ended train, consisting.

sail, individual sails may be lowered or furled and existing sails may be reefed.

Reef Lines, are used to tie-off excess sail, when sails are reefed (shortened).

The car was stripped and was to be reefed, but is now awaiting scrapping.

may carry smaller jibs, to compensate aerodynamics when the main sail is reefed; these more rugged sails are called storm jibs or spitfires.

" Tome Dove wrote in a 2005 review in Sail magazine, "a single-reefed mainsail and full jib were just the right combination for my test sail in.

Synonyms:

ridge; coral reef;

Antonyms:

dress; give; roughness;