Definition of Sheve
Sheave (?), n. [Akin to OD.
schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G. scheibe,
Icel. skīfa 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.
Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard,
rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.
Sheave, v. t. [See Sheaf of
straw.] To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to
collect. Ashmole.
Sheave (?), n. [Akin to OD.
schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G. scheibe,
Icel. skīfa 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.
Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard,
rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.
Sheave, v. t. [See Sheaf of
straw.] To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to
collect. Ashmole.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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