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Meanings of reef the mainsail in inglês

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Usage of reef the mainsail in inglês
1
I hadn't bothered to drop anchor or reef the mainsail.
Savage
2
To reef the mainsail we were forced to run off before the gale under the single reefed jib.
Dutch Courage and Other Stories
3
Without more ado, Farrar, calling on me to give him a hand, eased down the halliards and began to close reef the mainsail.
The Celebrity, Volume 03
4
At the moment of a certain difficult manoeuvre, four men had to climb to the crossbars of the fore-mast in order to reef the mainsail.
An Antarctic Mystery
5
We double reefed the mainsail reefed the foresail and hauled the flying jib down.
Bowdoin Boys in Labrador / An Account of the Bowdoin College Sci...
6
At half-past one he stowed the flying-jib, reefed the mainsail, and took the bonnet off the jib.
The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea
7
Night was coming on: we close- reefed the mainsail, and took a reef in the foresail, and continued our course close-hauled.
Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
8
"Brail up the foresail, and double reef the mainsail."
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
9
"If the ladies wish me to reef the mainsail, I will do so," said Leopold.
The Coming Wave; Or, The Hidden Treasure of High Rock
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