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Reduce A Sails Surface Shipping Hazard Crossword Clue

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noun

• a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese

• a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water

• one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind

verb

• lower and bring partially inboard

• roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area

• reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef

30%6A cloth surface for an oil; the painting itself; sails/tents collectively; or, the material upon which embroidery or tapestry is worked
noun

• a heavy, closely woven fabric

• an oil painting on canvas fabric

• the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account

• a tent made of canvas fabric

• a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

• the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete

verb

• cover with canvas

30%4Shipping hazard
noun

• a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

• Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935)

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