sheave

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The two parts of the sheave are connected by two cotter bolts.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan

Beyond was the massive sheave block; the cables ran dizzily down to the concrete drilling floor so far below.

From Two Thousand Miles Below by Diffin, Charles Willard

The part which embraces the sheave is called the eccentric strap, and corresponds to, and is, in fact, a connecting rod end: the rod proceeding from this is called the eccentric rod.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan

Then the length of the corrected base-line is multiplied by the height of the mast, taken from the deck to the sheave on the topmast, and the result is divided by two.

From Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 by Various

It should have come itself, but the sheave the trolley runs on must have jammed, or they haven't pulled all the kinks and snarls out of the rope.

From A Damaged Reputation by Bindloss, Harold