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Noun
sheaf - a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
		bundle
		package, parcel a wrapped container
		bale a large bundle bound for storage or transport
		faggot, fagot a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
		pack a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

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sheaf (Noun)
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
sheaf (Noun)
Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.
sheaf (Noun)
A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.
sheaf (Noun)
A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.
sheaf (Noun)
A sheave.
sheaf (Noun)
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.
sheaf (Verb)
To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
sheaf (Verb)
To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

sheaf (n.)
A sheave.
sheaf (n.)
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
sheaf (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.
sheaf (v. t.)
To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
sheaf (v. i.)
To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

sheaf
shēf, n. a quantity of things, esp. the stalks of grain, put together and bound: a bundle of arrows, usually 24 in number: any bundle or collection:—pl. Sheaves (shēvz).—v.t. to bind in sheaves.—v.i. to make sheaves.—adj. Sheaf′y. [A.S. sceáf—A.S. scúfan, to shove; Ger. schaub, Dut. schoof.]