sheaf Definition

sheaf
noun sheaves

1. A bundle of things tied together, especially of reaped corn.

Thesaurus: bundle, collection, stack, bunch, cluster, fagot.
2. A bundle of papers.
3. A bundle of usually 24 arrows in a quiver.

verb sheafed, sheafing, sheaved, sheaving

1. To tie up in a bundle.
intr
2. To make sheaves.

Derivative: sheaved
adj

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sceaf.