Associations to the word «Sheave»

Wiktionary

SHEAVE, noun. 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, verb. To gather and bind into a sheaf

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats