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sheaf definition

sheaf (s̸hēf)

noun pl. sheaves

  1. a bunch of cut stalks of grain, etc. bound up in a bundle
  2. a collection of things gathered together; bundle, as of papers

Etymology: ME schefe < OE sceaf, akin to Ger schaub < IE base *skeup-, *skeubh-, a bundle, clump > shop

transitive verb

sheave

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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