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Definition of "reeved" []

  • Simple past tense and past participle of reeve. (verb)
  • Of a rope, passed through a hole, ring or pulley. (adjective)

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Use "reeved" in a sentence
  • "If these were reeved and drawn taut, the cases would be held as in a vice, and the lids could be taken off freely at any time."
  • "A block hung from the top of the hut, with a rope reeved in it; one end was made fast to the upper edge of the bath, and the other went down into the bath."
  • "On deck all hell broke loose as they were striking the maintopmast half an hour later; the preventer top-rope reeved through the fid-hole parted at the very moment a deluge of warm rain beat down on the ship, so thick they could scarcely breathe, much less see."
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