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reefband

reefband 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 reefband

pluralreefbands

Questions about reefband

What is reefband the alternative form of?
Reefband is the alternative form of reef-band.

Words near reefband in the dictionary

  1. reef-tackle
  2. reef-tackles
  3. reefable
  4. reefage
  5. reefal
  6. reefband
  7. reefbands
  8. reefed
  9. reefer
  10. reefer jacket
  11. reefer jackets

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