reefed

adj

1. Having part of a sail tied up in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.

   “The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.]”

2. Semi-deployed, with the canopy initially restricted from fully opening, in order to avoid subjecting the canopy to excessive air loads or the payload to excessive g-forces from fully deploying at high airspeed.

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of reef