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Sheave

//ʃiːv// noun, verb

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Noun

1
A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
"To an exceptional degree the duties on these inclines have been passed on from father to son; many a boy has begun his working life in oiling the sheaves and, after passing through every grade, has reached the age of retirement in the responsible position of brakesman."
2
A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.

Verb

1
To gather and bind into a sheaf.
"From him did forty million serfs (...) receive Rich freeborn lifelong land, whereon to sheave Their country's harvest."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from a Germanic base akin to German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”). For more see shive.

Etymology 2

See sheaf.

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