Found 3 items, similar to sheaf.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: sheaf berkas, gabung, gedeng, gepok, gepokan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sheaf sheaf n : a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing [syn: bundle] [also: sheaves (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sheaf Sheaf \Sheaf\, n. (Mech.) A sheave. [R.] [1913 Webster] Sheaf \Sheaf\, n.; pl. Sheaves. [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS. sce['a]f; akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel. skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See Shove.] 1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. [1913 Webster] The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Sheaf \Sheaf\, v. t. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat. [1913 Webster] Sheaf \Sheaf\, v. i. To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. [1913 Webster] They that reap must sheaf and bind. --Shak. [1913 Webster]