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close-reefing

close-reefing is the present participle and gerund of close-reef.

Meaning of close-reef

Verb

close-reef (third-person singular simple present close-reefs, present participle close-reefing, simple past and past participle close-reefed)

  1. (transitive) To reef a sail as tightly as possible by taking in all available reefs, thereby reducing the sail area maximally for strong winds.

Questions about close-reefing

What is close-reefing the present participle and gerund of?
Close-reefing is the present participle and gerund of close-reef.

Words near close-reefing in the dictionary

  1. close-packings
  2. close-quarter
  3. close-range
  4. close-reef
  5. close-reefed
  6. close-reefing
  7. close-reefs
  8. close-run
  9. close-serried
  10. close-set
  11. close-stool

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Adapted from Wiktionary: close-reefing (page history and authors); close-reef (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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