A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.
"The old sailor used a heavy rove to secure the hammer's claw while he was shaping the hull during the final stages of building his custom fishing boat."
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
"The gypsies roamed the woods"
"roving vagabonds"
"the wandering Jew"
"The cattle roam across the prairie"
"the laborers drift from one town to the next"
"They rolled from town to town"
To shoot with arrows (at).
"The old log rove apart when the storm hit, splintering into pieces across the yard."
simple past tense of rive