SHEAVES
SHEAF
bundle, sheaf
(noun) a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
sheaves
plural of sheave
plural of sheaf
Anagrams
• shavees
Source: Wiktionary
SHEAVE
Sheave, n. Etym: [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G.
scheibe, Icel. skifa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. Shift, v., Shive.]
Definition: 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.
Sheave, v. t. Etym: [See Sheaf of straw.]
Definition: To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect.
Ashmole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition