Look up reefing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reefing reduces the area of a sail, usually by folding or rolling one edge of the canvas in on itself...

A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate...

A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result...

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres...

species of reef-associated sharks which are known by the common name reef sharks. In the Indian and Pacific Oceans: Blacktip reef shark Grey reef shark Whitetip...

scarp in South Africa Great Barrier Reef or "The Reef", the planet's largest coral reef The Reef or The Reefs, a former mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, in...

universally used for parcels, rolls and bundles. At sea it is always employed in reefing and furling sails and stopping clothes for drying. But under no circumstances...

Reef are an English rock band from Glastonbury whose members include Gary Stringer on vocals, Amy Newton on guitar, Jack Bessant on bass, and Luke Bullen...

novel written by Romesh Gunesekera Reef (company), an American apparel and shoe company Reef knot, a kind of knot Reefing, an action performed on sails to...

Reef is a brand of casual sandals, known as flip-flops (Australia: thongs, New Zealand: jandals), created by two Argentine brothers, Fernando and Santiago...

A fringing reef is one of the three main types of coral reef. It is distinguished from the other main types, barrier reefs and atolls, in that it has...

attach sails to spars; and reefing features, which may include reefing lines attached to the sail or grommets that have reefing lines running through them...

Swallow Reef, also known as Malay: Pulau Layang-Layang; Vietnamese: Đá Hoa Lau; Mandarin Chinese: 燕子島; pinyin: Yànzi Dǎo; Celerio Reef (Filipino: Bahura...

operation, the mill must be stopped in order to adjust the reefing of the sail. Open Roller reefing sails were invented by Stephen Hooper in 1789. As with...

Batt Reef is a coral reef off Port Douglas in Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. Batt Reef is centred at 16°24′S 145°46′E / 16.400°S 145.767°E...

anemones, and other invertebrates associated with coral reefs Reefer, a midshipman engaged in sail reefing Reefer ship, a refrigerated ship Refrigerated container...

A reef aquarium or reef tank is a marine aquarium that prominently displays live corals and other marine invertebrates as well as fish that play a role...

An artificial reef (AR) is a human-created freshwater or marine benthic structure. Typically built in areas with a generally featureless bottom to promote...

are large enough, the operator typically chooses reefing and donates 1/2 the savings to maintain the reef. Decommissioning a shallow water rig typically...

Reef safe is a distinction used in the saltwater aquarium hobby to indicate that a fish or invertebrate is safe to add to a reef aquarium. There is no...

The Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra), also known as the eastern reef heron or eastern reef egret, is a species of heron found throughout southern Asia...

Kingman Reef (/ˈkɪŋmən/) is a largely submerged, uninhabited, triangle-shaped reef, geologically an atoll, 9.0 nmi (20 km) east-west and 4.5 nmi (8 km)...

The reef triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangulus), also known as the rectangular triggerfish, wedgetail triggerfish or by its Hawaiian name humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa...

Reef Karim is a television personality, international speaker, author, and osteopathic physician. He is best known as the host of the Court TV television...

25°24′54″N 170°35′24″W / 25.415°N 170.590°W / 25.415; -170.590 Maro Reef (Hawaiian: Nalukākala - "surf that arrives in combers") is a largely submerged...

Subi Reef, also known as Đá Xu Bi (Vietnamese: Đá Xu Bi); Zamora Reef (Filipino: Bahura ng Zamora, lit. 'Reef of Zamora'); Zhubi Reef (Chinese: 渚碧礁; pinyin:...

brake. Reef Lines, are used to tie-off excess sail, when sails are reefed (shortened). Some modern systems known as "jiffy reefing" or "slab reefing" have...

Gold Reef City is an amusement park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Located on an old gold mine which closed in 1971, the park is themed around the gold...

Mischief Reef, also known as Panganiban Reef (Filipino: Bahura ng Panganiban; Vietnamese: Đá Vành Khăn; Mandarin Chinese: 美濟礁/美济礁; pinyin: Měijì Jiāo;...

The Rainbow Reef is a reef in the Somosomo Strait between the Fijian islands of Taveuni and Vanua Levu. It is one of the most famous dive sites in the...