Meaning & use
Sheave
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A grooved wheel over which a rope, belt, or chain runs, used in a pulley system.
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The crane's cable ran over a large steel sheave at the top of the boom.
A worn sheave can cause a rope to fray as it runs through the pulley.
A note on using this word
Not to be confused with 'sheaf'; as a verb, 'sheave' can also mean to gather stalks of grain into a bundle, an older agricultural usage.
Words with a similar meaning
pulley wheel
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Another way to use it
2. verb
to gather stalks of grain into a bundle
Farmhands used to sheave the wheat by hand before mechanical binders existed.
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