Reeve

[riːv] or [riv]

Definition

(noun.) female ruff.

(verb.) fasten by passing through a hole or around something.

(verb.) pass through a hole or opening; 'reeve a rope'.

(verb.) pass a rope through; 'reeve an opening'.

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Definition

(n.) The female of the ruff.

(v. t.) To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.

(n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc.

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Definition

v.t. to pass the end of a rope through any hole as the channel of a block:—pa.t. and pa.p. reeved also rove (naut.).

n. a steward or other officer (now used only in composition as in sheriff)—a title applied to several classes of old English magistrates over various territorial areas as borough-reeves over boroughs; port-reeves in trading towns in ports; high-reeves &c.

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