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(n) : a quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw; any collection of things bound together; a bundle
"1593: O, let me teach you how to knit again This scattered corn into one mutual sheaf, These broken limbs again into one body. — William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act V, Scene III, line 70."
(v) : to gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat; to collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves
"1599: They that reap must sheaf and bind; Then to cart with Rosalind. — William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III, Scene II, line 107."
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Definition of sheaf:

(n) : a quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw; any collection of things bound together; a bundle
"1593: O, let me teach you how to knit again This scattered corn into one mutual sheaf, These broken limbs again into one body. — William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act V, Scene III, line 70."
(v) : to gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat; to collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves
"1599: They that reap must sheaf and bind; Then to cart with Rosalind. — William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III, Scene II, line 107."
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