sheave

Meanings

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.
• A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.

Verb

• To gather and bind into a sheaf.

Origin

• Middle English, from a Germanic base akin to German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa, all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey-. For more see shive.
• See sheaf.