Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves · To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. · Any collection of things bound together. · A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer. · A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.
From Middle English scheef, from Old English sċēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaub, from Proto-Germanic *skauba- (“sheaf”). Cognates Akin to West Frisian skeaf (“sheaf”), Dutch schoof (“sheaf”), German Schaub, Old Norse skauf (“a fox's tail”). Compare further Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), German Schopf (“tuft”).
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