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gerbe

/d͡ʒɜː(ɹ)b/

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)b

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Late 16th century, borrowed from French gerbe (“sheaf”). Doublet of garb.

noun gerbes

obsolete A (wheat) sheaf.
Something resembling a (wheat) sheaf in appearance.
An abstract construction in homological algebra and geometry providing a certain type of generalisation for a sheaf.
A kind of ornamental firework. 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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@misc{gerbe_2026,
  title = {gerbe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gerbe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}