simple past tense and past participle of steeve

(nautical) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.

(archaic) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc. / (transitive) To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.

present participle of steeve

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of steeve