gerbe

  1. Noun.  a (wheat) sheaf (now obsolete meaning).
  2. Noun.  something resembling a (wheat) sheaf in appearance.
  3. Noun.  (math) an abstract construction in homological algebra and geometry providing a certain type of generalisation for a sheaf.
  4. Noun.  A kind of ornamental firework.

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