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noun

Sheaf n. (Mech.) A sheave. (R.)

Sheaf n. (pl. sheaves)

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."

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."

verb

Sheaf v. t. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.

Sheaf v. i. To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. "They that reap must sheaf and bind."

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Etymology of 'Sheaf'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sheaf" Quotes from Famous Books

... bust Hilary rested his forehead on his hand. In front of him were three open books and a pile of manuscript, and pushed to one side a little sheaf of pieces of green-white paper, press-cuttings of ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... tap at the door. The Captain went to it and opened it, standing so that his body filled the doorway. He exchanged a word with some one, and then closed the door and turned back into the room, a sheaf of papers ...

— The Destroyer - A Tale of International Intrigue • Burton Egbert Stevenson

... difference between a platoon and a howitzer, and have conceived the woolliest notions of the nature of her son's command, but the Victoria Cross was a matter on which her ideas were both definite and correct. She had spent the morning at the telephone receiving calls of congratulation. A great sheaf of telegrams had arrived. Two or three of them were from the High and Mighty of the Military Hierarchy. She was in such a twitter of joy that she almost forgot her anxiety as ...

— The Red Planet • William J. Locke

... pioneers of our Northwest, the earth their floor and narrow wooden bunks in a low dark loft their beds. Of course the stubborn forest gave way slowly, and grudgingly opened sunny hillsides to the vine and wheat-sheaf. The name of the settlement was changed to Clairvaux, but for many years the poor monks' only food was barley bread, with broth made from boiled beech leaves. Here Tescelin came in his old age to live under the rule of his sons; and Humbeline, the wealthy and rank-proud daughter, one day left ...

— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 4 • Charles Dudley Warner

... literary friends, of the many family records, of the innumerable notes, pictures, keepsakes, souvenirs and mementoes which had been assembling there for a quarter of a century, I became confused, indecisive. It was so hard to choose. At last I caught up a sheaf of unpublished stories which filled one drawer, and beating off the screen of the north window threw the manuscripts out ...

— A Daughter of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland

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