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sheeve

sheeve is the obsolete form of sheave.

Meaning of sheave

Noun

sheave (plural sheaves)

  1. A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
    • To an exceptional degree the duties on these inclines have been passed on from father to son; many a boy has begun his working life in oiling the sheaves and, after passing through every grade, has reached the age of retirement in the responsible position of brakesman.1942 September and October, Charles E. Lee, “The Stanhope & Tyne Railway: II–Self-Acting Inclines”, in Railway Magazine, page 263
  2. A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.

See all 3 meanings of sheave

Forms of sheeve

pluralsheeves

Questions about sheeve

What is sheeve the obsolete form of?
Sheeve is the obsolete form of sheave.

Words near sheeve in the dictionary

  1. sheetwise
  2. sheetwork
  3. sheety
  4. Sheetz
  5. Sheetzes
  6. sheeve
  7. sheeves
  8. sheeyit
  9. Shefa
  10. Shefali
  11. Sheff

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