7-Letter Words That Start With: SHEA

• To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves

• To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

• A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

• Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.

• A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.

• A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.

• A sheave.

• An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets.

• A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.

• A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.

• a protective covering (as for a knife or sword)

• an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

• a dress suitable for formal occasions

• cover with a protective sheathing

• enclose with a sheath

• plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh

• having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers

• (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length

• a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles

• Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)

• a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals