sheave

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

sheave, n. [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. skīfa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. a staff. Cf. Shift, v., Shive.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.

sheave, v. t. [See Sheaf of straw.].

 To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect.  Ashmole.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sheave, v.tr. make into sheaves.

sheave, n. a grooved wheel in a pulley-block etc., for a rope to run on.

Etymology

ME f. OE scife (unrecorded) f. Gmc