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sheaves

1

[ sheevz ]

noun

  1. plural of sheaf.


sheaves

2

[ shivz, sheevz ]

noun

  1. plural of sheave 2.

sheaves

/ ʃiːvz /

noun

  1. the plural of sheaf


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Example Sentences

Sometimes dumb-bells, compact sheaves of fine needles, and irregular rhizome forms are seen (Fig. 40).

No additional feed-water was required during an ordinary day's work to thrash 1500 sheaves of wheat with 168 lbs.

At the foot of the mainmast on each side is a brass fair-lead fitted with ten or twelve sheaves (figs. 13 and 14).

They were of elm, with lignum vit roller sheaves, and were bound inside with iron, and had swivel eyes.

Great sheaves of shadow and darkness are gathered up, trembling in the far depths of the sky.

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