From a- + heap. IPA(key): /əˈhiːp/ Rhymes: -iːp <span class="searchmatch">aheap</span> (not comparable) In a heap; huddled together. 1827, Thomas Hood, The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies:...
her—and I’m blessed if he hasn’t proposed to her […] See also Thesaurus:lot <span class="searchmatch">aheap</span> all of a heap ant-heap antheap ash-heap ash-heap-cake ash heap of history...
Grigg, […], →OCLC, stanza XVI, page 6: [S]ome fresh bruit / Startled me all <span class="searchmatch">aheap</span>!—and soon I saw / The horridest shape that ever raised my awe,— [...] bruit...