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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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]

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