noun
- plural of keeve; large wooden or metal vats or tubs used in brewing, dyeing, or other industrial processes
Usage: chiefly British; archaic or technical
Examples
- The brewery stored its fermenting beer in large keeves.
- Dyers filled the keeves with hot water and dye before processing the fabric.
- The old keeves in the factory were made of oak and lined with copper.
- Workers carefully monitored the temperature of the keeves during production.