goll-sheaf var.gale-sheaf (cf.quot. 1597 in gale n.1 b). a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 92 The rest of the Articles were goll-sheaves that went out in a suddain blaze. ― Serm. on Incarnation v. Cent.Serm. (1675) 48 Like a gol-sheave all of a flame and out again suddenly.