Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - reeve
Reeve
reeve
1. n. 1 hist. a the chief magistrate of a town or district. b an official supervising a landowner's estate. c any of various minor local officials. 2 Can. the president of a village or town council. Etymology: OE (ge)refa, giroefa 2. v.tr. (past rove or reeved) Naut. 1 (usu. foll. by through) thread (a rope or rod etc.) through a ring or other aperture. 2 pass a rope through (a block etc.). 3 fasten (a rope or block) in this way. Etymology: prob. f. Du. reven REEF(2) 3. n. a female ruff (see RUFF(1)). Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.
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I. noun see: co- Date: before 12th century a local administrative agent of an Anglo-Saxon king, a medieval English manor officer responsible chiefly for overseeing the discharge of feudal obligations, 3. the council president in some Canadian municipalities, a local official charged with enforcement of specific regulations , II. verb (rove or ~d; reeving) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1627 transitive verb to pass (as a rope) through a hole or opening, to fasten by passing through a hole or around something, to pass a rope through, intransitive verb to pass through a block or similar device, III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1634 the female of the ruff (sandpiper) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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