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balance reef

noun

Definition of balance reef

1 : the last reef used in a fore-and-aft sail and taken diagonally from the throat to the close-reef cringle of the leech
2 : the ordinary last reef or close reef used to steady a ship

First Known Use of balance reef

1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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