单词 | balance-reef |
释义 | > as lemmasbalance-reef balance-reef n. the closest reef of a lower fore-and-aft sail, making it nearly triangular, used to steady the ship in stormy weather. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > portion which may be reefed reef1336 balance-reef1782 bag-reef1867 1782 P. M. Freneau Misc. Wks. (1788) 387 What he calls single, double, and balance-reef eyelet holes. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 86 Balance-reef, a reef-band that crosses a sail diagonally, and is used to contract it in a storm. 1840 J. F. Cooper Pathfinder II. v. 184 By half-past two he had put a balance-reef in the sail. < as lemmas |
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