scabbard
(noun) a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scabbard (plural scabbards)
The sheath of a sword.
scabbard (third-person singular simple present scabbards, present participle scabbarding, simple past and past participle scabbarded)
To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.
Source: Wiktionary
Scab"bard, n. Etym: [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. skalpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. Hauberk.]
Definition: The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath. Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. Fairfax. Scabbard fish (Zoöl.), a long, compressed, silver-colored tænioid fish (Lepidopus caudatus, or argyreus), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.
Scab"bard, v. t.
Definition: To put in a scabbard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 September 2024
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