sheaf
sheaf \'she-f\ \'she-vz\ \'she--.fli-k\ n or sheaves [ME sheef, fr. OE sce-af; akin to OHG scoub sheaf, Russ pl Xchub forelock 1: a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other p lant material bound together 2: something resembling a sheaf of grain - sheaf.like aj