SHEAF

Definitions for the word, sheaf

(n.) A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

(n.) A sheave.

(n.) 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.

(v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

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