Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reefing line

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: reef-in-g -line
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

(nautical) one of several short lengths of line stitched through a sail for tying a reef.

Example Sentences

"{'source': 'https://en.wikipedia.org', 'text': 'One crewman must pull the reefing line as another crewman lowers the sail.'}"

Synonyms

reef point reef line

Questions

What does reefing line mean?: (nautical) one of several short lengths of line stitched through a sail for tying a reef.

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