Usually means: Rope used to reduce sail.
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  1. reef line: Merriam-Webster
  2. reef-line, reef line: Wordnik
  3. reef line: Wiktionary
  4. Reef line: Dictionary.com
  5. reef-line: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  6. reef line: FreeDictionary.org
  7. Reef line: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (reef line)

noun:  (nautical) A small rope used to reef square sails by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef.

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