reef a sail in



reef a sail in

to reduce the area of a ship's sail, by folding the sail. The first mate ordered the sailors to reef the sails in. They had to reef in the sails.
See also: reef, sail

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
RenṙenJapanese
Ryouṙyo:Japanese
Stark[sta:k]
Lyudmyla-Ukrainian
Zaid-Arabic
Arnason['a:nəsn]