reeving

Verb

reeve (third-person singular simple present reeves, present participle reeving, simple past and past participle reeved or rove)

1. (dialectal) To pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.
   • "Let the rope go," he says. With his other hand he reaches down and reeves the two turns from the stanchion.1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 98

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