sheaf. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

sheaf

PRONUNCIATION:	shf
NOUN:	Inflected forms: pl. sheaves ( shvz) 1. A bundle of cut stalks of grain or similar plants bound with straw or twine. 2. A collection of items held or bound together: a sheaf of printouts. 3. An archer's quiver.
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: sheafed, sheaf·ing, sheafs To gather and bind into a bundle.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English sheef, from Old English scaf.


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