Sheaf

Sheaf - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

SHEAF, n. plu. sheaves. [L. scopa, scopo.]

1. A quantity of the stalks of wheat, rye, oats or barley bound together; a bundle of stalks or straw.

-The reaper fills his greedy hands,

And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. Dryden.

2. Any bundle or collection; as a sheaf of arrows.

SHEAF, v.t. To collect and bind; to make sheaves.