Reefer

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One who reefs;

— a name often given to midshipmen.

II. Reefer ·noun A close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth.

Related Words

quartz-reefer
n. a miner engaged in Quartz-reefing, as distinguished from one diggingin alluvial. See above. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris