reef
v.— «The suspension seems very stiff to me…and the adjuster turns with no resistance, about 4 or 5 turns, then seems to bottom out and not turn any firther (I haven’t tried really reefing on it yet…I don’t want to wreck anything on this monster).» —“AC Front Arm Adjust” by Cam Usenet: rec.sport.snowmobiles Dec. 9, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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