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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(nautical) A piece of canvas sewn across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made..
The rope passed from below up through a sister-block in the rigging at the topmast-head, thence through the end of the yard to a block in the reef-band of the sail, &c.
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Reef-band means (nautical) A piece of canvas sewn across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made..
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The rope passed from below up through a sister-block in the rigging at the topmast-head, thence through the end of the yard to a block in the reef-band of the sail, &c.
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