REEVED

Verb

reeved

simple past tense and past participle of reeve

Adjective

reeved (not comparable)

(nautical) Of a rope, passed through a hole, ring or pulley.

Anagrams

• Veeder, veered

Source: Wiktionary

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REEVE

Reeve (rv), n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The female of the ruff.

Reeve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rove (rv); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeving.] Etym: [Cf. D. reven. See Reef, n. & v. t.] (Naut.)

Definition: To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.

Reeve, n. Etym: [OE. reve, AS. ger. Cf. Sheriff.]

Definition: an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. Chaucer. Piers Plowman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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