reefing

In upholstery, the gathering up of the material of a curtain, valance, or the like, as in short festoons.

In mining, the process of taking out ore-rock.

The process of taking in a reef.

a bowsprit so rigged that it can easily be run in or shortened by sliding inboard, as in cutters.

The process of reefing (taking in a sail); an act of reefing; also used of clothing.

A reef (seam of quartz).

Present participle of reef.