sheave

/ʃiːv/

Etymology

From Middle English, from a Germanic base akin to German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”). For more see shive.

sheave means A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.“To an exceptional degree the duties on these inclines have been passed on from father to son; many a boy has begun his working life in oiling the sheaves and, after passing through every grade, has reached the age of retirement in the responsible position of brakesman.”
A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.

verb

To gather and bind into a sheaf.“From him did forty million serfs (...) receive Rich freeborn lifelong land, whereon to sheave Their country's harvest.”