sheave

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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.
2. noun A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.
3. verb To gather and bind into a sheaf.

Similar words

showers shiver pulley pulley block gear monkey wheel gear wheel pulley shell split wheel nave

Often followed by

and is in of at or to on block

Word family

sheaved sheaves sheaving