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reefings

reefings is the plural of reefing.

Meaning of reefing

Noun

reefing (plural reefings)

  1. The process of reefing (taking in a sail); an act of reefing; also used of clothing.
    • I will not detain the reader with the contents of our sea-log, which is full of tackings and reefings, of setting and taking in of sails, and many other manoeuvres[…].1852, Charles Barter, The Dorp and the Veld: or, Six Months in Natal, page 248
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) A reef (seam of quartz).
    • Alluvial goldfields and quartz reefings are in its vicinity, and good indications of coal.1924, Newspaper Press Directory, page 387

Questions about reefings

What is reefings the plural of?
Reefings is the plural of reefing.

Words near reefings in the dictionary

  1. reefier
  2. reefiest
  3. reefing
  4. reefing bowsprit
  5. reefing bowsprits
  6. reefings
  7. reefless
  8. reeflike
  9. reefline
  10. reeflines
  11. reefpoint

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