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Meaning of close-reefed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

fully reefed; using all the reefs.

not-comparable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

close-run close-serried close-set close-tiled close-toed close-tongued

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