Sheaf meaning
A collection of things gathered together; bundle, as of papers.
noun
(mathematics) An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets.
noun
A bundle of cut stalks of grain or similar plants bound with straw or twine.
noun
A collection of items held or bound together.
A sheaf of printouts.
noun
An archer's quiver.
noun
To gather and bind into a bundle.
verb
A bunch of cut stalks of grain, etc. bound up in a bundle.
noun
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Origin of sheaf
From Old English sceaf, from Proto-Germanic. Akin to German Schaub, Old Norse skauf (“a fox's tail"). Compare Gothic ðƒðŒºðŒ¿ð†ð„ (skuft, “hair of the head"), German Schopf (“tuft"), Albanian çup (“without tail, maimed").