Sheave
Sheave , noun
[Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, Dutch schiff, German scheibe, Icelandic skīfa a shaving, slice; compare Greek {not transcribed} a staff. Compare 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.
Collocations (1)
Sheave hole , a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.
Sheave , transitive verb
[See Sheaf of straw.]
To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. — Ashmole