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reefline

reefline is the alternative form of reef line.

Meaning of reef line

Noun

reef line (plural reef lines)

  1. A small rope used to reef square sails by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef.

Forms of reefline

pluralreeflines

Questions about reefline

What is reefline the alternative form of?
Reefline is the alternative form of reef line.

Words near reefline in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reefline (page history and authors); reef line (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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