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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mclean	[mək'lein]
Antigonus	an-TIG-ə-nəs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Donatien	-	French
TÓDor	-	Hungarian
Vivyan	VIV-ee-ən	English (Rare)
ToirÉAsa	-	Irish