reef point

noun

1. nautical one of several short lengths of line stitched through a sail for tying a reef

Example Sentences

Then there was the preliminary visit to the reverend gentleman who was to "pass the reef point."

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Kirkwood himself dropped as if shot, a trailing reef-point slapping his cheek until it stung as the boom thrashed overhead.

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Because a granny knot jams, and a reef-point may have to be untied.

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