Third-person singular simple present indicative form of steeve

present participle of steeve

simple past tense and past participle of steeve

(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.

(nautical) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.