Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The top sheaf of a stack of grain; the crowner.
- noun Figuratively, the summit; the extreme degree of anything: as, this letter is the cap-sheaf of his impudence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The top
sheaf of astook ofwheat etc - noun by extension A
crowning point
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Examples
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Zinoviev and his group had no difficulty in perceiving that the congress would put the political capsheaf on the physical rout that had begun in the streets of Moscow and Leningrad on the tenth anniversary of the October revolution.
My Life Trotsky, Leon 1930
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It needed only as a capsheaf the gleam of incredulous dismay which should appear in his wife's eyes when she looked first upon the mutilated tissue, the varying scars and cicatrices, the twisted mask that would be revealed to her as the face of her husband.
The Hidden Places Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926
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And as a capsheaf to it all, the painter must choose an opportune moment and present his beautiful carriage and horses to the King, for the belief was rife that the King of Spain was really more horsey than artistic.
Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916
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He further succeeded in convincing the youth that a few years in Italy would add the capsheaf to his talent.
Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916
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But once they got the place, 'twas aisy to see that Dick meant to get rid o 'Caleb, an' the capsheaf was put last year, about his Dog, old Turk.
Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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But the capsheaf come about a year ago, when Nancy had a smart little sum o 'money left her, -- nigh onto a hunderd dollars.
Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life Alice Brown 1902
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When the band stopped playing, and Ellen, who as valedictorian came last as the crown and capsheaf of it all, stepped forward from the semicircle of white-clad girls and seriously abashed boys, there was
The Portion of Labor Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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He further succeeded in convincing the youth that a few years in Italy would add the capsheaf to his talent.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Elbert Hubbard 1885
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And as a capsheaf to it all, the painter must choose an opportune moment and present his beautiful carriage and horses to the
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Elbert Hubbard 1885
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Woman is the capsheaf of the abomination of desolation -- full of all deviltry.
qms commented on the word capsheaf
My snooze was light and perhaps brief
For rhyming’s a bullying nap thief.
But once I awaken
The word-hoard is shaken
And spills out the limerick’s capsheaf.
March 20, 2019