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Sheaf, n.; pl. Sheaves
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, 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. --Shak.
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sheaf
n : a package of several things tied together for carrying or
storing [syn: bundle]
[also: sheaves (pl)]