Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reef-band

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: reef-band
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

reef-bands (plural) reefband (alternative) reef band (alternative)

Questions

What does reef-band mean?: A piece of canvas sewn across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.

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