Reef Band definitions

Reef Band

Reinforcing canvas band with holes for the reef points.
Found on http://shipwrightjournal.blogspot.co.uk/p/glossary-of-nautical-terms.html

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Reef-band

• (n.) A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/reef-band/

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Reef-band

Reef'-band` noun (Nautical) A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made. Totten.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/33

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