reef-tackle

Now haul the weather reef-tackle likewise midship, snug up to the yard, belay all down the tack, and sheet aft.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Various

The operation is performed by easing of the sheet and hauling the lee reef-tackle first, also the midship reef tackle.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Various

We had a great advantage over the larboard watch, because the chief mate never goes aloft, while our new second mate used to jump into the rigging as soon as we began to haul out the reef-tackle, and have the weather earing passed before there was a man upon the yard.

Chapter IV. A Rogue-Trouble on Board-“Land Ho!”-Pompero-Cape Horn 1909

We had a great advantage over the larboard watch, because the chief mate never goes aloft, while our new second mate used to jump into the rigging as soon as we began to haul out the reef-tackle, and have the weather earing passed before there was a man upon the yard.

Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869

Before the sailors had made fast the reef-tackle, Jackson was tottering up the rigging; thus getting the start of them, and securing his place at the extreme weather-end of the topsail-yard -- which in reefing is accounted the post of honor.

Redburn. His First Voyage Herman Melville 1855

We had a great advantage over the larboard watch, because the chief mate never goes aloft, while our new second mate used to jump into the rigging as soon as we began to haul out the reef-tackle, and have the weather earing passed before there was a man upon the yard.

Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848

The reef-tackle was rounded cautiously in, and its end rose to the surface without the hand that had so lately grasped it.

Homeward Bound or, the Chase James Fenimore Cooper 1820

The seaman on the other yard-arm succeeded equally well, escaping the smallest injury, until he had secured the leachline, when, knowing the usefulness of, obtaining it, for he was on the weather side of the ship, he determined to bring in the end of the reef-tackle with him.

Homeward Bound or, the Chase James Fenimore Cooper 1820

-- The end of the reef-tackle, that had been so dearly bought, was got in, by means of a light line, which was thrown around it.

Homeward Bound or, the Chase James Fenimore Cooper 1820

"Well, that's a cur'ous kind o 'guess you've made, any way, old stranger," laughed his tormentor, clapping his foot against the companion, and taking the pull of a giant on the reef-tackle as he spoke.

Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. Tyrone Power 1818