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sheave

N ลู กรอก  ล้อ สาย พาน  luk-rok

 

sheave

VT มัด  เก็บ ไว้ เป็น มัด หรือ ฟ่อน  block pulley mad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHEAVE

n.In seamen's language, a wheel in which the rope works in a block. It is made of hard wood or a metal. When made of wood, it is sometimes bushed, that is, has a piece or perforated brass let into its center, the better to sustain the friction of the pin.

 

SHEAVE

v.t.To bring together; to collect. [Not in use. ]

 

SHEAVED

a.Made of straw. [Not in use. ]

 

SHEAVE-HOLE

n.A channel cut in a mast, yard or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHEAVE

Sheave, n. Etym: [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G.scheibe, Icel. skifa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. Shift, v., Shive. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

SHEAVE

Sheave, v. t. Etym: [See Sheaf of straw. ]

 

Defn: To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. Ashmole.

 

SHEAVED

SHEAVED Sheaved, a.

 

Defn: Made of straw. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sheave

sheave |SHēv, SHiv ʃiv | noun a wheel with a groove for a rope to run on, as in a pulley block. ORIGIN Middle English: from a Germanic base meaning wheel, pulley.

 

sheaves

sheaves |SHēvz ʃivz | plural form of sheaf.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sheave

sheave 1 |ʃiːv | verb another term for sheaf. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from sheaves .

 

sheave

sheave 2 |ʃiːv | noun a wheel with a groove for a rope to run on, as in a pulley block. ORIGIN Middle English: from a Germanic base meaning wheel, pulley .

 

sheaves

sheaves |ʃiːvz | plural form of sheaf.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sheaves

sheaves /ʃiːvz /名詞 sheafの複数形 .