Category:Sheave

Sheave, n. Etym: [akin to od. schijve orb, disk, wheel, d. schiff, g. Scheibe, icel. skifa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. Shift, v., Shive.]

Defn: 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. Sheave Hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which To fix a sheave.

Sheave Sheave, v. t. Etym: [see sheaf of straw.]

Defn: to gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. Ashmole.