steeving

Nautical, the angle of elevation which a ship’s bowsprit makes with the horizon; a steeve.

The operation of stowing certain kinds of cargo, as cotton, wool, or hides, in a vessel’s hold with a steeve or a jack-screw. See steeve, transitive verb, 2.

The act or practice of one who steeves.

See Steeve, n. (a).

Present participle of steeve.