a sheave.-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; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four.-to gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.-to collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.