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sheaveless

sheaveless adjective: without a sheave.

Adjective

sheaveless (not comparable)

  1. Without a sheave.
    • Figure 5 shows a sheaveless masthead with simply a hole through the mast to take the main halliard.1941, Thomas Fleming Day, The Rudder, volume 57, page 25

Origin of sheaveless

From sheave + -less.

Questions about sheaveless

What does sheaveless mean?
Sheaveless means without a sheave.
What part of speech is sheaveless?
Sheaveless is an adjective.

Words near sheaveless in the dictionary

  1. sheathtailed bats
  2. sheathy
  3. sheats
  4. sheave
  5. sheaved
  6. sheaveless
  7. sheaves
  8. sheaving
  9. Sheay
  10. Sheb
  11. Sheba

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