At its point, it has a sheave for the royal stay.

In this case, the drive sheave is directly attached to the end of the motor.

The rope may also pass over a sheave in another block that is fixed.

As his wife went delving for the note, Sheave squirmed.

The cage was drawn into the sheave wheel at the top of the shaft.

Ropes ran from the top of this car up to a sheave on the third level and back down to a second car.

This sheave was attached to the input shaft of the transmission.

The matter is slightly complicated by the fact that every tackle has a working end where the final run of rope leaves the last sheave.

The fleet angle can be varied by moving the first sheave closer to or further away from the drum.

Alternatively, a sheave can be integrated and installed within the housing frame.

Another sheave at the heel is for a heel rope.

The hawser sang loosely through the sheave and at last pulled free altogether.

Unfortunately there was no rope in the sheave, but the bag beside Casca would take care of that.

The grooves in the drive sheave are specially designed to prevent the cables from slipping.

It is a "wood four-post type headframe with one sheave instead of two."

This was simply a variable width sheave controlled by spring and hydraulic pressures.

The song of King Sheave is doubtless to be understood as such an echo.

During shutdown, the gear motor is used to lower the top sheave to loosen the drive belts.

The power block is a large powered aluminium pulley with a hard rubber-coated sheave.

The sheave is the wheel within a block, or a spar, over which a line is rove.

He glanced at the sturdy branch above his head from which the sheave block and manila rope hung.

The sheave squealed as he plummeted down and landed in balance on the cobbles.

A brake is mounted between the motor and drive sheave (or gearbox) to hold the elevator stationary at a floor.

"Traction" is provided to the ropes by the grip of the grooves in the sheave, thereby the name.

Karp pulled a block down by its rope to hammer ice from the sheave with the butt of his knife.

We can pick up another sheaf of paper on the way.

Indeed, a set may be thought of as a sheaf on a point.

A sheaf of bank notes came out in his hand.

There are four ways in which sheaves can be moved.

They had been together like a sheaf in close conversation.

He looked towards the fire with a sheaf of them.

Turning back to the first page, he went through the sheaf again.

How much could some more sheaves of paper possibly cost!

He picked up a sheaf of his more recent notes.

Check about 7 million word forms and sheaves of words.

He held up a sheaf of papers in his right hand.

But a sheaf of other recent polls had Clinton in the lead.

I turned to the next page, and nearly dropped the whole sheaf.

He walked to a table and brought out a small sheaf of papers.

But there were not many pages left in the sheaf of paper he was using.

He took a sheaf of paper from the pen case.

The collection of all such objects is called a sheaf.

What if the sheaf was unacceptable for one reason or another?

While being of medium cost, a sheaf can be very effective.

Coming to a decision, he pulled out a sheaf of papers.

From between them he pulled out a sheaf of rice paper.

She pulled out a sheaf of music and spread it open.

He was sitting on the bed holding a sheaf of papers.

He reached into his case and took out a sheaf of papers.

He lifted up sheaves of paper to show me what he'd found.