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Steeve
/stiːv/
The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
📖 Definitions of "Steeve"
noun
- 1
The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
- 2
A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.
verb
- 1
To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.
- 2
To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.
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