reefing

Noun

Australia New-Zealand

Japanese Meaning

帆を縮小する、すなわち帆の容量や面積を減らすために折りたたみ固定する行為（調整作業）。 / 衣服に対して使われる場合、服を体に合わせて短縮・絞る操作を指すことがある。 / （オーストラリア、ニュージーランドにおいて）石英の縫目、または継ぎ目を意味する。

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The reefing of the mainsail took only a few minutes as the clouds gathered.

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メインセールを縮める作業は、雲が集まる中でわずか数分で終わった。

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Sense（1）

The process of reefing (taking in a sail); an act of reefing; also used of clothing.

I will not detain the reader with the contents of our sea-log, which is full of tackings and reefings, of setting and taking in of sails, and many other manoeuvres […] .

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Sense（2）

(Australia, New Zealand) A reef (seam of quartz).

Alluvial goldfields and quartz reefings are in its vicinity, and good indications of coal.

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reefings

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