"reef-band" meaning in English

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      "form": "reef-bands",
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      "expansion": "reef-band (plural reef-bands)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1846, “Improvements in Ships”, in Boston Journal",
          "text": "The rope passed from below up through a sister-block in the rigging at the topmast-head, thence through the end of the yard to a block in the reef-band of the sail, &c.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A piece of canvas sewn across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made."
      ],
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        [
          "sew",
          "sew"
        ],
        [
          "sail",
          "sail"
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        [
          "eyelet",
          "eyelet"
        ],
        [
          "reefing",
          "reefing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) A piece of canvas sewn across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "reefband"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "reef-band"
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          "ref": "1846, “Improvements in Ships”, in Boston Journal",
          "text": "The rope passed from below up through a sister-block in the rigging at the topmast-head, thence through the end of the yard to a block in the reef-band of the sail, &c.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A piece of canvas sewn across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made."
      ],
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          "nautical",
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          "eyelet"
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          "reefing",
          "reefing"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) A piece of canvas sewn across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made."
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
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      "word": "reefband"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reef-band"
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