| 单词 | reed sheaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreed sheaf reed sheaf n. Chiefly English regional (south-western) (now rare) a bundle of unthreshed wheat straw with the ears removed, used esp. for thatching. ΚΠ 1715 Persecution Expos'd 33 Being so busied in this Work to ruin his Neighbour, that he had forgot his Sheep for some Days..; so that they eat up a parcel of reed Sheaves as was said, and were most of them Starved and Died. 1810 W. Marshall Rev. Rep. to Board Agric. from Western Dept. Eng. 515 (note) The sheaves thus prepared are called reed-sheaves. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. vii. 84 You can bring up some reed-sheaves to me, one by one. 1992 R. Morgan Cancelled Words vi. 116 Bathsheba is mounting the stack with a reed-sheaf on her shoulder when a thunderbolt unnerves her. < as lemmas |
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