sheave.

A grooved wheel that guides or supports a rope, cable, or belt.

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Words that belong together

• a cable sheave
• a sheave groove

On the page

The cable jumped the sheave when the bracket twisted.

Wear in the sheave groove explained the damaged insulation.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular sheave; plural sheaves. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.