sheave

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Around the sheave passed a loop of chain, one end of which was fixed, the other running over guide sheaves and terminating at the crane arm with a lifting hook.

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

The two parts of the sheave are connected by two cotter bolts.

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

The looped-up derrick-fall was a double wire cable, running through a heavy iron sheave which carried the hook and grappling chains.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis

Then the length of the corrected base-line is multiplied by the height of the mast, taken from the deck to the sheave on the topmast, and the result is divided by two.

From Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 by Various

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