Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Reeving"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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