Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reeve"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reve \Reve\, n. [See {Reeve}.]
An officer, steward, or governor. [Usually written {reeve}.]
[Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reeve \Reeve\ (r?v), n. (Zo["o]l.)
The female of the ruff.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reeve \Reeve\, n. [OE. reve, AS. ger?fa. Cf. {Sheriff}.]
an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in
compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve,
etc. --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reeve
n : female ruff
v 1: pass a rope through, as of a an opening
2: pass through a hole or opening, as of a rope
3: fasten by passing through a hole or around something
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