sheave

Example Sentences

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And away the yard went to the mast-head till the bunt-robands jammed in the sheave.

From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various

The part which embraces the sheave is called the eccentric strap, and corresponds to, and is, in fact, a connecting rod end: the rod proceeding from this is called the eccentric rod.

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

The iron sheave on the stem for the anchor-chain was large, with a high cheek, and the comfort of this was well appreciated in weighing anchor at night or in a swell. 

From The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" by MacGregor, John

The space in the shell where the sheave revolves.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

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