reefed
Example Sentences
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Currently, less than a tenth of America’s old oil and gas platforms are reefed.
From Economist ● Jun. 12, 2014
The firm has only reefed 12 of the 60 Gulf of Mexico platforms it has decommissioned.
From Economist ● Jun. 12, 2014
Not one platform off California has been reefed.
From Economist ● Jun. 12, 2014
At this point the Regents reefed their sails, seemed unable to proceed.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a sailboat with rusty red sails reefed around the booms of the fore and aft masts.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
