Associations to the word «Sheaf»

SHEAF, noun. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

SHEAF, noun. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.

SHEAF, noun. A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.

SHEAF, noun. A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.

SHEAF, noun. (mechanical) A sheave.

SHEAF, noun. (mathematics) An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets.

SHEAF, verb. (transitive) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.

SHEAF, verb. (intransitive) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

SHEAF, noun. A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing.