What does close-reefed mean?
Close-reefed means (nautical) Of a sail, fully reefed; using all the reefs..
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(nautical) Of a sail, fully reefed; using all the reefs..
About noon we saw a vessel on a wind to leeward of us, which was a source of great delight to us all, and we bore down to her. We soon made her out to be an hermaphrodite brig, under her close-reefed topsails and trysails.
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Close-reefed means (nautical) Of a sail, fully reefed; using all the reefs..
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About noon we saw a vessel on a wind to leeward of us, which was a source of great delight to us all, and we bore down to her. We soon made her out to be an hermaphrodite brig, under her close-reefed topsails and trysails.
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