The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sheave hole
Sheave \Sheave\, n. [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. sk[=i]fa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. ??? a staff. Cf. Shift, v., Shive.] A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.
Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.
Usage examples of "sheave hole".
The dragonet had lost interest in Cass and was rooting up the tulip beds when Sandy whacked him in the sheave hole with the umbrella handle.