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Meaning of reef-band | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A piece of canvas sewn across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

reef-tackle reefage Reefer reefer jacket reefer's nut reeferphobe