steeve
1to stuff (cotton or other cargo) into a ship's hold.
a long derrick or spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cargo in a ship's hold.
Origin of steeve
1Other definitions for steeve (2 of 2)
(of a bowsprit or the like) to incline upward at an angle instead of extending horizontally.
to set (a spar) at an upward inclination.
Origin of steeve
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How to use steeve in a sentence
"A brown patch in the big main-topsail, and the bowsprit steeved more'n ordinary," said Joe.
Blackbeard: Buccaneer | Ralph D. PaineThat yaller, dirty packet with her bowsprit steeved that way, she's the 'Hope of Prague'.
"Captains Courageous" | Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for steeve (1 of 2)
/ (stiːv) /
a spar having a pulley block at one end, used for stowing cargo on a ship
(tr) to stow (cargo) securely in the hold of a ship
Origin of steeve
1British Dictionary definitions for steeve (2 of 2)
/ (stiːv) nautical /
to incline (a bowsprit or other spar) upwards or (of a bowsprit) to incline upwards at an angle from the horizontal
such an angle
Origin of steeve
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