2. Adjective. (nautical) Of a rope, passed through a hole, ring or pulley. ¹
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Definition of Reeved
1. reeve [v] - See also: reeve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reeved
Literary usage of Reeved
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Deep Well Drilling: The Principles and Practices of Deep Well Drilling, and by Walter Henry Jeffery (1921)
"... The drilling line is spooled on the drum shaft and reeved through the four
sheave traveling block and over the casing pulleys. ..."
2. Technical Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics by Edward Rose Maurer (1914)
"The pulling cable from each engine extends to A, and is reeved through A and B,
ending at A; a second cable is fastened to A and reeved through C and D, ..."
3. Technical Mechanics, Statics and Dynamics by Edward Rose Maurer (1917)
"The pulling cable from each engine extends to A, and is reeved through A and B,
ending at A; a second cable is fastened to A and reeved through C and D, ..."
4. Gold Mining Machinery: Its Selection, Arrangement, and Installation. A by W. H. Tinney (1906)
"The treble block is now lashed to the cap of the main frame and the fall reeved,
the last turn passing from the cap to the winch, either by the side of or ..."
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