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[ʃiːf], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a bundle of grain stalks laid lengthways and tied together after reaping
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Origin
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Old English scēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoof ‘sheaf’ and German Schaub ‘wisp of straw’, also to the verb shove
[ʃiːf], (Verb)
Definitions:
- bundle into sheaves
(e.g: the corn and barley had to be sheafed and stooked)
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Origin
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Old English scēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoof ‘sheaf’ and German Schaub ‘wisp of straw’, also to the verb shove
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