Sheave \Sheave\, n. [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D.
schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. sk[=i]fa 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.
Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other
timber, in which to fix a sheave.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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