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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Reeve (0.02698 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Reeve.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: reeve
reeve
n : female ruff
v 1: pass a rope through;
“reeve an opening”
2: pass through a hole or opening;
“reeve a rope”
3: fasten by passing through a hole or around something
[also:
rove]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Reeve
Reeve
\Reeve\ (r?v), n. (Zo["o]l.)
The female of the ruff.
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Reeve
\Reeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Rove (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reeving.] [Cf. D. reven. See
Reef, n. & v. t.] (Naut.)
To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block,
thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.
[1913 Webster]
Reeve
\Reeve\, n. [OE. reve, AS. ger[=e]fa. Cf.
Sheriff.]
an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in
compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve,
etc. --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman.
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