sheave

¹ American  

[sheev] / ʃiv /

verb (used with object)

sheaved, sheaving

1. to gather, collect, or bind into a sheaf or sheaves.

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sheave ² American  

[shiv, sheev] / ʃɪv, ʃiv /

noun

1. a pulley for hoisting or hauling, having a grooved rim for retaining a wire rope.

2. a wheel with a grooved rim, for transmitting force to a cable or belt.

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sheave ¹ British  

/ ʃiːv /

verb

1. (tr) to gather or bind into sheaves

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sheave ² British  

/ ʃiːv /

noun

1. a wheel with a grooved rim, esp one used as a pulley

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Etymology

Origin of sheave¹

First recorded in 1570–80; derivative of sheaf

Origin of sheave²

1300–50; Middle English schive; akin to Dutch schijf sheave, German Scheibe disk

Example Sentences

The two parts of the sheave are connected by two cotter bolts.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan

An iron ring with a cord travelled up and down the mast, the halliard running through a small block, as Luka had been able to obtain a sheave at Turukhansk.

From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Paget, Walter

The looped-up derrick-fall was a double wire cable, running through a heavy iron sheave which carried the hook and grappling chains.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis

The water was smooth as oil, and so still that not a creaking rope or rattling sheave disturbed the deathlike silence.

From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.

As the name implies, the cables were not wrapped on a drum but passed, from the car, over a grooved sheave directly on the motor shaft, the other ends being attached to the counterweights.

From Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889 by Vogel, Robert M.