[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sheave \sheave\, n. akin to od. schijve orb, disk, wheel, d.
   schiff, g. scheibe, icel. skimacfa a shaving, slice; cf.
   gr. ??? a staff. cf. shift, v., shive.
   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.
   1913 webster

   sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other
      timber, in which to fix a sheave.
      1913 webster
see also:
shift shive sheave hole 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sheave \sheave\, v. t. see sheaf of straw.
   to gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to
   collect. --ashmole.
   1913 webster
see also:
sheaf 

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