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reef band

reef band is the alternative form of reef-band.

Meaning of reef-band

Noun

reef-band (plural reef-bands)

  1. A 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

Forms of reef band

pluralreef bands

Questions about reef band

What is reef band the alternative form of?
Reef band is the alternative form of reef-band.

Words near reef band in the dictionary

  1. reeeady
  2. reeeal
  3. reef
  4. reef 'n' beef
  5. reef and beef
  6. reef band
  7. reef bands
  8. reef break
  9. reef breaks
  10. reef crab
  11. reef crabs

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