Cove vs Reef - What's the difference?
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(architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds.
* Holland
(US) A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
(nautical) The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
(nautical) A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
(architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
* H. Swinburne
To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
* Holland
Scabby; scurvy.
A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.
(Australia, South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
(nautical) A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind.
A reef knot.
(nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
* 1970' July–December, Margaret Quilty, ''Roller '''Reefing Made Easy'', '' ,
* 1995 , David Seidman, The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing ,
* 2004 , Charlie Wing, How Boat Things Work ,
(Australian) To pull or yank strongly.
* 1986 , Jan Wositzky, Me and Phar Lap: The Remarkable Life of Tommy Woodcock , 2011,
* 1994 , Herb Wharton, Cattle Camp: Murrie Drovers and Their Stories , 2010,
* 2007 , Marion Houldsworth, Maybe It?ll Rain Tomorrow , 2012,
(nautical, of paddles) To move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.
As a proper noun cove
is a town in arkansas.As a noun reef is
hoop (metal band on a barrel).cove
English
(wikipedia cove)Etymology 1
From (etyl) cofa, from (etyl) . Cognate with German Koben, Swedish kofva. This word has probably survived as long as it has due to its coincidental phonetic resemblence to the unrelated word "cave".Noun
(en noun)- vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks
Verb
(cov)- The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Perhaps change in consonants due to lower classth-fronting.
Derived terms
* Abram cove * badge-cove * bang up coveEtymology 3
Compare (etyl) couver, (etyl) covare. See covey.Verb
(cov)- Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel.
reef
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ref, hreof, from (etyl) . Compare (l), (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (Scotland)Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 2
From earlier riff, from (etyl) rif, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia reef) (en noun)Derived terms
* coral reef * close reef * reef band * reef knot * reef line * reef points * reef rash * reef tackle * take a reef inVerb
page 63,
- Be sure the blocks are securely mounted—they carry a fairish load when the sail is reefed .
- If both reefing line and main halyard are led to the cockpit, even singlehanded reefing is a breeze.
page 104,
- Mains are made smaller by reefing . This can be done by rolling up the sail around the boom, or by the more traditional method of tying down a panel along the foot.
page 108,
- The reefing system for a mainsail must be designed to operate efficiently under adverse conditions and to provide proper sail shape when reefed .
page 49,
- And when the Cup came on he stirred them up ?round the barrier and he flew out of the barrier and he pulled and reefed' and pulled and ' reefed and Lewis didn?t let him settle down until about three furlongs from home and when he did settle the horse was all out of stride and he went back through the field a fair bit.
page 73,
- Alf told me that one young white stockman, eager to impress the girls, went outside and mounted his horse, then began showing off his prowess, racing past the pub, wheeling and reefing his horse up and down the street, yackeyeing and whooping, flogging his horse with a battered old hat and always turning towards the pub to see if the girls were watching these feats of horsemanship.
page 104,
- head stockman would say ‘Cut one out but take him at a walk.? And if you could get that beast out without reefing your horse around, the head stockman – he?d be a pretty cluey old coot - he?s watching that horse?s ears more than what you were doing.
- Reef the paddles.