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Sheaves
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
📖 Definitions of "Sheaves"
noun
- 1
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
- 2
Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.
"a sheaf of paper"
- 3
A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.
- 4
A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.
noun
- 1
A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
- 2
A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.
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