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reef-tackles

reef-tackles is the plural of reef-tackle.

Meaning of reef-tackle

Noun

reef-tackle (plural reef-tackles)

  1. The ropes that are tightened to reef a sail or loosened to fully extend it.
    • topsail yards down upon the caps, and sails flapping and beating against the masts; and starboard watch hauling out the reef-tackles of the main topsail.1840, R[ichard] H[enry] D[ana], Jr., “CHAPTER XXXV”, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. CVI), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], →OCLC

Questions about reef-tackles

What is reef-tackles the plural of?
Reef-tackles is the plural of reef-tackle.

Words near reef-tackles in the dictionary

  1. reef-bands
  2. reef-fish
  3. reef-point
  4. reef-points
  5. reef-tackle
  6. reef-tackles
  7. reefable
  8. reefage
  9. reefal
  10. reefband
  11. reefbands

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