Usually means: Tilting cargo for space optimization.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. steeving: Merriam-Webster
  2. steeving: Collins English Dictionary
  3. steeving: Wordnik
  4. steeving: Wiktionary
  5. steeving: Dictionary.com
  6. Steeving: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. steeving: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Steeving: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. steeving: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. steeving: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Steeving: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. steeving: Legal dictionary

(Note: See steeve as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (steeve)

noun:  (nautical) The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
noun:  A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.
verb:  (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.
verb:  (transitive) To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.
▸ Also see steeve


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