scheef

Middle English

/ʃɛːf/

noun
Definitions
  • A sheaf a grain bundle
  • A sheaf as part of a paying in kind of tax.
  • A group of arrows or the container they belong in.
  • A specified amount of steel or glass used as a measurement.
  • (rare) A bunch of any other kind of agricultural produce.
  • (rare) A bunch of any other small, long item.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sċēaf inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaubaz (sheaf).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skaubaz

Gloss

sheaf

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