Reefing is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for REEFING in dictionary:

VERB:
• take in one or more reefs of (a sail)
• shorten (a topmast or a bowsprit).
NOUN:
• the act of reefing, reducing the area of a sail by rolling or folding part of it
• a ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea.
• a vein of ore in the earth, especially one containing gold.
• each of the several strips across a sail which can be taken in or rolled up to reduce the area exposed to the wind.
• The process of taking in a reef.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to reduce the area of a sail

Words related to REEFING

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Words that contain REEFING

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How to use REEFING in a sentence

• The wind had increased its velocity and necessitated a reefing down of jib and mainsail.
• Two hours afterward, on San Pablo Bay, the wind was piping up and we were reefing down.
• Industry has passed out of the alluvial stage into the reefing.
• In a moment they lighted, balancing their great wings like reefing sails.
• On the evening of September 21, 1797, the men were on drill, reefing topsails.
• At those times she knew Shane stood at the wheel in the drenching rain giving his orders for the reefing of sails.
• Before the manoeuvre of reefing, in the gale, was begun, Mr.
• Unfortunately, the hawser either broke or slipped while they were in the act of close reefing the topsails, and the brig cast to port.

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