sheaf

/ʃiːf/

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.

    a sheaf of paper
  3. 3

    A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.

  4. 4

    A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.

  5. 5

    A sheave.

  6. 6

    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.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves

    to sheaf wheat
  2. 2

    To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

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