reeve : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reeve	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for reeve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reeve n female ruff v pass a rope through; "reeve an opening" pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope" fasten by passing through a hole or around something
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[94]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.