noun. In upholstery, the gathering up of the material of a curtain, valance, or the like, as in short festoons.

noun. In mining, the process of taking out ore-rock.

noun. The process of taking in a reef.

noun. a bowsprit so rigged that it can easily be run in or shortened by sliding inboard, as in cutters.

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

noun. A reef (seam of quartz).

verb. Present participle of reef.

"What we call the reefing clew is an eye, called a reefing grommet, set into the leech of the sail."

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