reefed

Example Sentences

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The firm has only reefed 12 of the 60 Gulf of Mexico platforms it has decommissioned.

From Economist • Jun. 12, 2014

Currently, less than a tenth of America’s old oil and gas platforms are reefed.

From Economist • Jun. 12, 2014

Not one platform off California has been reefed.

From Economist • Jun. 12, 2014

Pessimistic Mr. Avery, convinced that the U.S. was in for a slump any day, had kept Ward's canvas tightly reefed for the big blow.

From Time Magazine Archive

The main, still reefed, he tightened a bit to match the jib and the Frog seemed to leap ahead.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen