reeve
noun
[ riːv ]
• a local official, in particular the chief magistrate of a town or district in Anglo-Saxon England.
Origin:
Old English rēfa .
reeve
verb
• thread (a rope or rod) through a ring or other aperture.
• "one end of the new rope was reeved through the chain"
Origin:
early 17th century: probably from Dutch reven ‘reef (a sail)’ (see reef2).
reeve
noun
• a female ruff.
Origin:
early 17th century: variant of dialect ree, of unknown origin.
