sheaf Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
    bundle.

WordNet


Sheaf noun
Definitions
  1. (Mech.) A sheave. R.
Sheaf noun
Etymology
OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS. sceáf; akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel. skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See Shove.
Wordforms
plural Sheaves
Definitions
  1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
    The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. Dryden.
  2. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four.
    The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case. Dryden.
Sheaf transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
Sheaf intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
    They that reap must sheaf and bind. Shak.

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