Shive
Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɪv/
Shive (noun)
- A small piece of wood used to close a hole in a barrel or cask.
- A thin piece or fragment of plant material, like straw or husk.
Examples
- He used a shive to seal the barrel.
- A shive was inserted to stop the liquid from leaking.
Common collocations: insert a shive, remove the shive, wooden shive, remove a shive, tiny shive