Talk:sheaf
Latest comment: 8 years ago by D. F. Schmidt in topic Overlap between definitions?
Overlap between definitions?
[edit]Of the definitions provided, I believe we can consider the second to be a more specific example of the first. Merge them?
- A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Dryden:
- The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Dryden:
- A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34:
- Arrows were anciently made of reeds, afterwards of cornel wood, and occasionally of every species of wood: but according to Roger Ascham, ash was best; arrows were reckoned by sheaves, a sheaf consisted of twenty-four arrows.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34: