There was no sail now on the ship but the spanker and the close-reefed main topsail, which still held good.
A strong wind, in which a ship is reduced to storm-staysails and close-reefed main-topsail.
The sail was speedily taken in; the close-reefed main-sail was set; and the moment that the sheet was hauled aft the helm was jammed hard down and the boat brought to the wind, without wasting a moment to watch for a favourable opportunity.
The brig now had nothing set but a close-reefed main-topsail, and this I expected, every minute, would follow the other canvass.
The ship was running under a close-reefed main-topsail and foresail, with a tremendous sea on.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reefed main" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
