·vt To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect.
II. Sheave ·v 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 wheel on which the rope works in a block; it is generally formed of lignum vitæ, sometimes of br...
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A scored aperture in the heel of a top-mast, through which a second top-tackle pendant can be rove. ...
A channel cut in masts, yards, or timber, in which to fix a sheave, and answering the place of a blo...