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Sheave  n.  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.






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"Sheave" Quotes from Famous Books



... one sheave of his deck winch. He took out a cigarette and lighted it, swung one foot back and forth. He did not make haste to reply. An expectant hush fell on the crowd. In the slow-gathering dusk there was no sound but the creak ...
— Poor Man's Rock • Bertrand W. Sinclair



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