1. (n.)sheaf one of the bundles in which cereal plants are bound after reaping.
2. sheaf any bundle, cluster, or collection: a sheaf of papers.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME shefe (n.), OE schēaf, c. OS skōf, OHG scoub sheaf, wisp of straw, ON skauf tail of a fox)
Definition of 'sheaf'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)bundle, sheaf a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
Definition of 'sheaf'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)sheaf a sheave
2. (noun)sheaf a quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw
3. (noun)sheaf 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
4. (verb)sheaf to gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat
5. (verb)sheaf to collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves
Definitions of sheaf 
Afrikaans: bundel
Arabic: حُزْمَه، غُمْر
Bulgarian: сноп
Brazilian: maço
Czech: snop; svazek
German: die Garbe, das Bündel
Danish: neg; stak
Greek: δεμάτι, δεσμίδα
Spanish: haz, fajo, manojo
Estonian: kimp
Farsi: دسته
Finnish: lyhde
French: gerbe; liasse
Hebrew: אֲלוּמָה
Hindi: गट्ठा, पुलिंदा
Croatian: snop, svežanj
Hungarian: kéve
Indonesian: seikat
Icelandic: knippi
Italian: covone; fascio
Japanese: 束
Korean: (곡식의) 단
Lithuanian: pėdas, pluoštas
Latvian: kūlis; saišķis; sainītis
Malay: berkas
Dutch: bundel
Norwegian: bunt, knippe; nek
Polish: wiązka, plik
Persian: دسته
Pashto: ګېډۍ، كوړه (قوده)، بنډل
Portuguese: maço
Romanian: vraf; snop
Russian: пачка; пучок, сноп
Slovak: snop; zväzok
Slovenian: snop
Serbian: svežanj
Swedish: kärve, bunt, knippe
Thai: มัด
Turkish: demet, deste
Taiwanese: 捆
Ukrainian: сніп; в'язанка
Urdu: گٹھا
Vietnamese: bó, lượm
Chinese: 捆
