Close-reefed
in example sentence
It was still what sailors call "a
close-reefed
topsail breeze," but the commotion in the elements had none the less considerably diminished.
More example sentences with word close-reefed
The sails were close-reefed, and they tacked frequently.
The wind rose, and from a fresh breeze it soon increased to a regular gale; that is to say, it acquired a speed of from forty to forty-five miles an hour, before which a ship in the open sea would have run under
close-reefed
topsails.
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