sheave

• This rope was wound seven times over the sheaves as above, and led upward and over a single- groove sheave which was operated by the piston of an air cylinder, and in this manner the pressure was applied to the rolls. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
• The good news is that, typically, it is fairly easy to re-sheave the application if the new, smaller, high-efficiency motor has a higher nameplate base speed than the old, less efficient motor. —  CSE - Top Articles
• Belt driven fans use multiple belts that rotate in a set of [[sheave]] s mounted on the motor shaft and the fan wheel shaft. ribs, mounted around a hub. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
• The second luff at once began to relate, with many comical expressions of righteous indignation, the particulars of the schooner's escape; but he had scarcely got well into his narrative when the faint screep of a block-sheave from to windward warned us that another of our slippery neighbours was about to hazard a like experiment. —  The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast
• Saw off the sheave-holes, and put two pegs through at right angles--you know how I mean Yes, sir. —  The King's Own

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