gerbe
noun
something similar in form to a sheaf of wheat.
gerbes
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pluralof gerbe.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Wherever the paddles play, there the sea foams up into yellow light and gerbes of amber-coloured fireballs, caught up by the wheels, and flung off in our track, to float past with incredible rapidity.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
Cast-iron for gerbes will be preserved by the above method.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
The abortion of the rectrices in the gerbes, while these feathers are fairly developed in the divers, is another point that helps to separate the two Families.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
