reeve¹ Definition
reeve (rēv)
noun
- in English history,
- the chief officer, under the king, of a town or district
- the overseer and chief peasant of a manor
- the elected head of a village or town council in certain Canadian provinces
Etymology: ME reve, earlier irefe < OE gerefa < ge- + base of *rof, row, number
reeve² Definition
reeve (rēv)
transitive verb rove or reeved, rove or rov′en, reev′·ing
- to pass (the end of a line) through a block, ring, etc.
- to fasten by passing through or around something
- to pass a line through (a block, ring, etc.)
Etymology: prob. < Du reven, to reef, in sense “use a rope in or as in reefing”
reeve³ Definition
reeve (rēv)
reeve Usage Examples
Object
block: Second sheave to allow handling of sampling and testing equipment and for ease of reeving a hoist block for withdrawing casing.
Preposition: through
block: This wire is reeved through a malleable cast-iron block situated at the head of the mast about 12 feet from the truck.
Modifying Another Word
not: For when the butt is set up men need not rove, but except the white be placed men cannot level.
Noun used with modifier
shire: The Normans established the sheriff or shire reeve - their crown officer.
Browse dictionary entries near reeve
- ‹ reestablish
- ‹ Rees-Mogg,William Rees-Mogg, Baron
- ‹ reentry
- ‹ reentrant angle
- ‹ reentrant
- ‹ reenter
- ‹ reenforce
- ‹ reel-to-reel
- ‹ reel off
- ‹ reel
- Reeve, Christopher ›
- reexamination ›
- reexamine ›
- ref ›
- Ref Ch ›
- reface ›
- REFCORPs ›
- refect ›
- refection ›
- refectory ›

