reefed

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reefed

adjective more reefed · most reefed

Having part of a sail tied up in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind. The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.]
of a parachute Semi-deployed, with the canopy initially restricted from fully opening, in order to avoid subjecting the canopy to excessive air loads or the payload to excessive g-forces from fully deploying at high airspeed.

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participle, past simple past and past participle of reef

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@misc{reefed_2026,
  title = {reefed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reefed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}