- 1. 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. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. Source: opted
- 3. 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 hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave. To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. Ashmole. Source: webster
- 4. A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, andset in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley. Sheavehole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in whichto fix a sheave. Source: adambom
- 5. 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. v. t. To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. Source: ecdict
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