reeve
noun
an administrative officer of a town or district.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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If there are, we will reeve and bend the tricing lines at once, and see all clear for tricing up the nets.”
From A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron by Edward S. Hodgson