1. past tense and past participle of sheaf; bound or gathered into a sheaf or sheaves
Usage: archaic or specialized

Examples

• The wheat was sheafed and left to dry in the field.
• After harvesting, the grain was carefully sheafed by hand.
• The farmer sheafed the barley before the rain came.
• Workers sheafed the cut stalks into neat bundles.
• The rye was sheafed and stored in the barn.