sheaf

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for sheaf

sheaf 🔊 /ʃiˈf/

sheaf : හුරුල්ල

sheaf : කලාපය

sheaf definition

Noun.

  1. A sheave.
  2. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
  3. 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.

Transitive verb. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.

Intransitive verb. To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.