• (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc.
Reim noun [ Dutch riem , akin to G riemen ; CF. Greek ............ a towing line.] A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc. [ South Africa] Simmonds.