steeve

/stiːv/

steeve noun: the angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.

Noun

steeve (plural steeves)

The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.

steeve (third-person singular simple present steeves, present participle steeving, simple past and past participle steeved)

(archaic) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.
(transitive) To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.
- "They are all alike to me." And indeed to a landsman, the nodding schooners around seemed run from the same mold.
  "They ain't, though. That yaller, dirty packet with her bowsprit steeved that way, she's the Hope of Prague. Nick Brady's her skipper, the meanest man on the Banks. […]"1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

தொடுவான் கோணம்

Noun
plural	steeves
Verb
third-person singular present	steeves
present participle	steeving
past participle	steeved
past	steeved

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What does steeve mean?: Steeve means the angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
What is steeve in Tamil?: Steeve in Tamil is தொடுவான் கோணம். See Steeve meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is steeve?: Steeve can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce steeve?: Steeve is pronounced /stiːv/.
What is the plural of steeve?: The plural of steeve is steeves.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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