sheave Meaning, Definition & Usage

Sheave noun
Etymology
Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. skifa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. a staff. Cf. Shift, v., Shive.
Definitions
  1. 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.
Sheave transitive verb
Etymology
See Sheaf of straw.
Definitions
  1. To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. Ashmole.

Webster 1913