What does steeve mean?
Steeve means (nautical) The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel..
Steeve
/stiːv/ · noun
Meaning
(nautical) The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel..
Definitions by Sense
- (nautical) The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
- A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.
- (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.
- (transitive) To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.
Example Sentences
"They are all alike to me." And indeed to a landsman, the nodding schooners around seemed run from the same mold. "They ain't, though. That yaller, dirty packet with her bowsprit steeved that way, she's the Hope of Prague. Nick Brady's her skipper, the meanest man on the Banks. […]"
Synonyms for steeve
Antonyms for steeve
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Word Forms
- steeves
- steeving
- steeved
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"They are all alike to me." And indeed to a landsman, the nodding schooners around seemed run from the same mold. "They ain't, though. That yaller, dirty packet with her bowsprit steeved that way, she's the Hope of Prague. Nick Brady's her skipper, the meanest man on the Banks. […]"
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