Talk:sheaf

Overlap between definitions?
Of the definitions provided, I believe we can consider the second to be a more specific example of the first. Merge them? D. F. Schmidt (talk) 22:38, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.
 * The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case.
 * 1) A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 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.