Steeves vs Steves - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between steeves and steves

is that steeves is third-person singular of steeve while steves is third-person singular of steve.

plural of Steve.

(head)

(steeve)

(archaic) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.

To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.

(en noun)

(nautical) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; the steeving.

A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.