1843 J. H. Ingraham iv. 13/1 It now blew a reefing breeze and she carried all her canvass at the risk of running under.
1897 30 362/2 The race was sailed with a reefing breeze.
1956 A. F. Loomis 118 I was sailing in a reefing breeze.
1983 (Nexis) Sept. 106 Slack air at the start hardened into a reefing breeze.