sheave

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.

   “To an exceptional degree the duties on these inclines have been passed on from father to son; many a boy has begun his working life in oiling the sheaves and, after passing through every grade, has reached the age of retirement in the responsible position of brakesman.”

2. isim A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.
3. fiil To gather and bind into a sheaf.

   “From him did forty million serfs (...) receive Rich freeborn lifelong land, whereon to sheave Their country's harvest.”