REE'F-TACKLE, noun A tackle upon deck, communicating with its pendant, and passing through a block at the top-mast head, and through a hole in the top-sail-yard-arm, is attached to a cringle below the lowest reef; used to pull the skirts of the top-sails close to the extremities of the yards to lighten the labor of reefing.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.