steeve
/sti:v/
📖 中文释义
- n. 装货吊杆
- vt. 用吊杆装(货)入船舱
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- v. i. To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or
- with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
- v. t. To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said
- of the bowsprit, etc.
- v. t. To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a
- steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).
- n. The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with
- the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving.
- n. A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton
- bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly.