sheaveless
English
Etymology
sheave + -less
Adjective
sheaveless (not comparable)
- 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.
- 1941, Thomas Fleming Day, The Rudder (volume 57, page 25)