sheaf
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/ʃiːf/
English
Definitions
noun
- A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
- Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.“a sheaf of paper”
- A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.
- A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.
verb
- To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves“to sheaf wheat”
- To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.