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Reefing bowsprit

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reefing \Reef"ing\, n. (Naut.)
   The process of taking in a reef.

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