sheave
sheave¹
Definition
sheave (s̸hēv, s̸hiv)
noun
a wheel with a grooved rim, such as is mounted in a pulley block to guide the rope or cable; pulley wheel
Etymology: ME sheve, var. of schive < OE *scife, akin to Ger scheibe, disk < IE *skeip- < base *skei-, to cut > sheath
sheave²
Definition
sheave (s̸hēv)
transitive verb sheaved, sheav′·ing
to gather and fix (grain, papers, etc.) in a sheaf or sheaves
Etymology: < sheaf
sheave
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- corn: What idiot would take sheaves of corn into a burning barn?
- block: Because the upper span slides around the sheave of the block until forces are equalized.
- wheat: NATURAL SYMBOLS: Salt, clay dish of fresh soil, rocks, sheaves of wheat, acorns.
- document: We presented our sheaves of documents to the ladies at the desk.
- barley: The sheaves of barley refer to malting and the post horns to the town's coaching inns.
- harvest: Thou shalt bring the ransomed with thee; They with songs shall come, All the golden sheaves of harvest Gathered Home.
Converse of object
- bind: Two figures are shown stooking or placing the bound sheaves on end to dry.
- have: Some of these were originally ship's spars and still had sheaves for the running rigging to pass through.
- carry: He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.
- tie: Reaping and binding The reaping and binding machine cut the corn and tied the sheaves.
- thrash: No longer do we hear the thud of the mill engine nor the hum of the high-speed drum as it thrashes the sheaves.
- pile: Piled sheaves of corn, usualy twelve in number.
Adjective modifier
- golden: Thou shalt bring the ransomed with thee; They with songs shall come, All the golden sheaves of harvest Gathered Home.
- eccentric: The eccentric sheaves have also been fitted to the driving wheel axle.
- top: Thus the Danleno is heaved tight to the top sheave of the gallows.
- coherent: It happens when moduli of coherent sheaves over a K3 surface with a given Mukai vector coincide with this K3 surface.
Noun used with modifier
- wheat: The wheat sheaves represent agriculture in the Boro, whilst the fish denotes the salmon found in the River Bann.
- corn: A pile of corn sheaves, twelve together, six on each side with two hood sheaves on the top.
- corner: The Dan wire is then heaved upon round the corner sheave until the anchor is brought inboard.
- halyard: Originally the main halyard sheave was attached to the stainless steel ring at the top of the mast.
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