sheave

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. 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.
2. A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.

Verb

To gather and bind into a sheaf.

Conceptos

roldana

polea

Sinónimos

pulley

block

lift

pry

shove

belt pulley

glidewheel

slidewheel

pulley block

rope block

pulley wheel

awnchaff

sliding wheel

belt roller

sliding pulley

boon

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ʃiːv/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English, from a Germanic base akin to German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”). For more see shive.