Those old love letters tied up with a ribbon at the back of your closet? Last week's newspapers bundled up for recycling? Each is a sheaf a tied up bundle of something ready for storage or carrying.
A sheave.
Noun
a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
n.
A sheave.
n.
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other
grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
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. t.
To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves;
as, to sheaf wheat.
v. i.
To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make
sheaves.
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Sheaf
The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands.2.
The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case.
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Sheaf
They that reap must sheaf and bind.
A sheave.
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves;
To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
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