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Thirty-one inches above the headpiece is a pulley reeved with a rope with handles on one end, ankle straps on the other.

From Time Magazine Archive

A hammock aboard ship is of canvas, seven feet long, with holes a few inches apart at each end, through which are reeved pieces of strong cord.

From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Doubleday, Russell

Preventer braces were reeved and hauled taught; tackles got upon the backstays; and each thing done to keep all snug and strong.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry

Preventer braces were reeved and hauled taut; tackles got upon the backstays; and everything done to keep all snug and strong.

From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

The numeral is attached by means of two staples with leather thongs reeved through on the reverse of the plate.

From American Military Insignia 1800-1851 by Campbell, J. Duncan