Meaning of gerbe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A (wheat) sheaf.
   obsolete
2. Something resembling a (wheat) sheaf in appearance.
3. An abstract construction in homological algebra and geometry providing a certain type of generalisation for a sheaf.
4. A kind of ornamental firework.

Examples

“on the top of the post fix a gerbe; then clothe all the cases with leaders , so that both they and the gerbe may take fire at the same time”

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