Sheave

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sheave \Sheave\, n. [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D.
     schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. sk[imac]fa a shaving, slice; cf.
     Gr. ??? a staff. Cf. {Shift}, v., {Shive}.]
     A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and
     set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.
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     {Sheave hole}, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other
        timber, in which to fix a sheave.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sheave \Sheave\, v. t. [See {Sheaf} of straw.]
     To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to
     collect. --Ashmole.
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