sheaf
noun/ʃiːf/
/ʃiːf/
(plural sheaves
/ʃiːvz/
/ʃiːvz/
)- a number of pieces of paper tied or held together
- He waved a sheaf of documents at me.
- a bunch of wheat tied together after being cut
Word OriginOld English scēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoof ‘sheaf’ and German Schaub ‘wisp of straw’, also to the verb shove.
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