a quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four

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A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.

sheaf

Arrows were anciently made of reeds, afterwards of cornel wood, and occasionally of every species of wood: but according to Roger Ascham, ash was best; arrows were reckoned by sheaves, a sheaf consisted of twenty-four arrows.

Hyphenation

a quan-ti-ty of arrows, u-su-al-ly twen·ty-four