noun
- the action of binding grain stalks into bundles
Usage: agricultural
verb
- present participle of sheaf; binding grain stalks into bundles
Usage: agricultural
Examples
- The farmers spent the afternoon sheafing wheat in the field.
- Sheafing the grain requires careful timing after harvest.
- The traditional method of sheafing involves tying stalks with straw.
- Workers were sheafing barley before the rain arrived.
- The sheafing process helps preserve the grain for storage.
- She learned the art of sheafing from her grandfather.