v. [see REEF.] To reef closely, to take in all the reefs of (a sail or ship); orig. and chiefly in pa. pple. Close-reefed.

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1758.  in Naval Chron., VIII. (1802), 447. The commanding ship … appeared to be close reefed.

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1775.  Dalrymple, Voy., in Phil. Trans., LXVIII. 404. At noon, close reefed top-sails.

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1795.  Naval Chron., 189. Under close-reeved topsails.

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1858.  in Merc. Mar. Mag., V. 290. We were obliged to close reef.

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