Definitions for unreeve

unreeve un·reeve

Spelling: [uhn-reev]
IPA: /ʌnˈriv/

Unreeve is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in unreeve (eeenruv).

Definitions for unreeve

verb (used with object)

  1. Nautical. to withdraw (a rope) from a block, thimble, etc.

verb (used without object)

  1. to unreeve a rope.
  2. (of a rope) to become unreeved.

Origin of unreeve

First recorded in 1590-1600; un-2 + reeve2

Examples for unreeve

unreeve the halyards, or round them up to the block at the mast-head with a knot in their end.

To unreeve the running part of top-sail sheets, &c., to let them run freely, or for harbour duty.

To pass the end of a rope through any cavity or aperture, as the channel of a block; to unreeve is the opposite.

We had first to unreeve all the ropes, and unbend all the sails.

On examining it he found that he could unreeve some of the rope.

I was busy in helping to unreeve the stay, when I was seized with sudden and violent cramps.

Be careful to unreeve the clewlines through the quarter-blocks.

Word Value for unreeve
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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