trithing-reeve

English

Noun

trithing-reeve (plural trithing-reeves)

1. (obsolete) The official governing a trithing.
   • 1771, William, Sir Blackstone, “Of the Countries Subject to the Laws of England”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England‎^[1], volume 1, page 116:

     Where a county is divided into three of these intermediate jurisdictions, they are called trithings, which were antiently governed by a trithing-reeve. These trithings still subsist in the large county of York, where by an easy corruption they are denominated ridings; the north, the east, and the west-riding.