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S0325000 (shēf)n. pl. sheaves (shēvz) 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.tr.v. sheafed, sheaf·ing, sheafs To gather and bind into a bundle.

[Middle English sheef, from Old English scēaf.]

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(ʃiːf) n, pl sheaves (ʃiːvz) 1. (Agriculture) a bundle of reaped but unthreshed corn tied with one or two bonds2. a bundle of objects tied together3. (Archery) the arrows contained in a quivervb (tr) to bind or tie into a sheaf[Old English sceaf, related to Old High German skoub sheaf, Old Norse skauf tail, Gothic skuft tuft of hair]

sheaf

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n., pl. sheaves. 1. one of the bundles in which cereal plants are bound after reaping. 2. any bundle, cluster, or collection: a sheaf of papers. [before 900; Middle English shefe (n.), Old English schēaf, c. Old Saxon skōf, Old High German scoub sheaf, wisp of straw, Old Norse skauf tail of a fox] sheaf′like`, adj.

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a collection of things bound together; a large bundle; a cluster of flowers; leaves. See also garb, gavel.Examples: sheaf of arrows, 1318; of banners, 1863; of barley, 1796; of beans, 1862; of blooms, 1882; of painting brushes, 1855; of columns (of liquid), 1857; of corn, 1717; of fire, 1811; of telegraph forms, 1888; of glass (bundle of six plates), 1402; of grain; of hemp; of jets of flame; of jets of water; of letters, 1865; of librarians; of lines (geometry); of rain, 1888; of rays (light rays); of reeds, 1846; of rye; of snakes, 1631; of spears, 1805; of steel (30 pieces), 1495; of timber, 1534.

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sheaf - a package of several things tied together for carrying or storingbundlebale - a large bundle bound for storage or transportfaggot, fagot - a bundle of sticks and branches bound togetherpack - a bundle (especially one carried on the back)parcel, package - a wrapped containerswag - a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman

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noun bundle, mass, pile, bunch, stack, heap, wodge (informal) He took out a sheaf of papers and leafed through them.

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(ʃiːf) – plural sheaves (ʃiːvz) – noun a bundle usually tied or held together. a sheaf of corn/notes.捆

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the arrows contained in a quiver

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(of fire), a military term.

(1) Battery sheaf, the mutually coordinated direction of the barrels of several guns (mortars, combat vehicle weapons), placed in one firing position for shooting at a single target. In preparing a battery for fire, a parallel sheaf is formed, in which the axes of the bores of all guns are placed parallel to the axis of the bore of the main gun (mortar, combat vehicle weapon). Depending on the direction of the bore axes (guides) in relation to one another, the sheaf can be parallel, converging, or diverging.

(2) Sheaf of battery explosions, simultaneous explosion of charges (mines) of several guns (mortars, combat vehicle weapons), placed in one firing position. Firing for adjustment is carried out with parallel battery sheafs. Firing to hit, depending on the width of the target, can be done by a concentrated battery sheaf (all guns aimed at one point) or by a battery sheaf along the width of the target.

I. T. SOLOV’EV

Sheaf

a bundle of stalks of cultivated plants measuring 20–30 cm in diameter. Harvesting machines use binding mechanisms that tie flax, hemp, kenaf, and other crops into sheaves and place them in shocks to dry. In prerevolutionary Russia and during the first five-year plans in the USSR, sheaves were tied by hand when grain was harvested. In countries where agriculture is not highly mechanized, this method is used in the harvest of wheat, rice, beans, kenaf, flax, and other crops.

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[shēf] (mathematics) A fiber bundle with algebraic and topological structure usually associated to a differentiable manifold M which reflects the local behavior of differentiable functions on M. (ordnance) Planned planes of fire which produce a desired pattern of bursts with rounds fired by two or more weapons.

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noun bundle

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noun a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing

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