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Definition of Reeving
1. reeve [v] - See also: reeve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reeving
Literary usage of Reeving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kedge-anchor, Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
"In reeving running-rigging, the boatswain is recommended not to cut and reeve,
... It were much to be desired that the running-rigging, previous to reeving, ..."
2. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"In reeving running-rigging, the boatswain is recommended not to cut and reeve,
... It were much to be desired that the running-rigging, previous to reeving, ..."
3. A manual for naval cadets by John McNeill Boyd (1857)
"The new sail is rove on the stay, the tack being seized to it as before, and
hauled out by the reeving lino j the bight of the halyards is passed round the ..."
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