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.

To gather and bind into a sheaf.

plural of sheave / plural of sheaf

simple past tense and past participle of sheave

(of straw) Made into a sheaf

present participle of sheave

Without a sheave.