sheaveless

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sheave +‎ -less

Adjective[edit]

sheaveless (not comparable)

  1. Without a sheave.
    • 1941, Thomas Fleming Day, The Rudder, volume 57, page 25:
      Figure 5 shows a sheaveless masthead with simply a hole through the mast to take the main halliard.
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