sheave

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It consists of three main parts—the sheave, or circular plate S, mounted on the crank shaft; and the two straps which encircle it, and in which it revolves.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald

Water, admitted to a horizontal cylinder, displaced a piston and rod to which a sheave was attached.

From Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889 by Vogel, Robert M.

Sharp ring of a metal sheave, hiss of a running rope, clank and throb of engines, thrashing of sails coming hard to the mast, shouts!

From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.

An iron ring with a cord travelled up and down the mast, the halliard running through a small block, as Luka had been able to obtain a sheave at Turukhansk.

From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Paget, Walter

The sheave is generally made of cast iron.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan