These are fixed in a groove of the tiller-sweep in large ships, to aid the tiller-ropes, and prevent friction.
Cylindrical pieces of timber, fixed either horizontally or vertically in different parts of a ship a...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A shaft or excavation. II. Groove ·noun Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs;...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a mine. Derb. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose