steeve

• ⇰ To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.

• ⇰ To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
• ⇰ To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve>, <pos>n.</pos> <sd>(b)</sd>.

• ⇰ The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving>.