Thrave

·noun Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook.

II. Thrave ·noun The number of two dozen; also, an indefinite number; a bunch; a company; a throng.

thrave
1) a shock of corn, containing twenty-four sheaves; ab A. S. THREAF, a handful, a bundle, or bottle....

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose