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sheaf

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/ʃiːf/ English

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noun

  1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
  2. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.“a sheaf of paper”
  3. A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.
  4. A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.

verb

  1. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves“to sheaf wheat”
  2. To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

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