reim

Bandied from one department to another, humiliated, reim - prisoned, released, harangued, he had preserved his dignity and his policies throughout.

Barbarossa Clark, Alan 1965

Maliwe then closed the gate, tied it securely with a reim, and pulled several large bushes against it.

Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories 1899

They were perfectly naked, except that each wore the usual stert reim.

Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer 1899

"What the green reim does teach them," explained Lady Hannah, secretly aghast at her own temerity, "is, not to be found out next time."

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

After that none of the servants would pass near these two graves later than sundown, and Bough welted the Barala boy with an ox-reim for scaring silly jades of women with lying tales.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

Bough took an ox-reim then, that was coiled behind his saddle, and bound her hands.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

Then Bough bent over and drew his long hunting-knife and cut the reim, leaving her hands still bound.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

The Cape boys who tramped, each leading a fore-ox by the green reim bound about the creature's wide horns, had no energy left even to swear at their beasts.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

Never a fib since last I gave him the ox-reim end to taste.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

This little incident put me into rather a better humour, especially as the buck had rolled over right against the after-part of the waggon, so I had only to gut him, fix a reim round his legs, and haul him up.

Long Odds Henry Rider Haggard 1890