reefed

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Reefed topsails, set the fore trysail with the bonnet off, and stood on a wind on the starboard tack to the S. and E.

From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael

Reefed the courses, and furled them; brought to under a foul mizen stay-sail, head to the northward.

From Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. by Anonymous

The Storm continued with a little intermission until a little towards Noon, when it abated, so we could set the Topsails close Reefed.

From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James

Isle of our hopes beyond the sea of tears, Reefed round with sin and woe, delays and fears.

From A Century of Emblems by Cautley, G. S.