Definition of "closereefed" [close•reefed]

• Having all the reefs taken in. (adjective)

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• "Mother and I had not spread much sail to our temporary gust of prosperity; and when the storm began to gather, she straightway closereefed."
• "Having called all hands, we closereefed the topsails and trysail, furled the courses and jib, set the fore-topmast staysail, and brought her up nearly to her course, with the weather braces hauled in a little, to ease her."