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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Â© The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

reeve, to, to pass the end of a rope through the throat and thus on to the sheave of a block when forming a tackle, or through an eye or thimble. Generally, when the end of a rope is passed through anything, it is said to be rove through it.

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