Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

close-reefed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: close-reefed
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a sail, fully reefed; using all the reefs.

verb

simple past and past participle of close-reef

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From close + reefed.

Inflected Forms

closereefed (alternative)

Questions

What does close-reefed mean?: Of a sail, fully reefed; using all the reefs.
Where does close-reefed come from?: From close + reefed.

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