shorten down

intransitive verb

: to shorten sail
the wind came ripping out of the west, and for the first time we shortened down to less than working canvasA. F. Loomis

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“Shorten down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shorten%20down. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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