Sheave vs Pully - What's the difference?
sheave | pully |
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.
to gather and bind into a sheaf
* , Czar Alexander the Second, lines 1-4
As nouns the difference between sheave and pully
is that sheave is 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 while pully is (informal) pullover.As a verb sheave
is to gather and bind into a sheaf.sheave
English
Etymology 1
Akin to German Scheibe, late Old Norse . For more see .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
See .Verb
(sheav)- ''From him did forty million serfs (...) receive
- ''Rich freeborn lifelong land, whereon to sheave
- ''Their country's harvest.
