SCABBARDED

Etymology

Adjective

scabbarded (not comparable)

In a scabbard.

Verb

scabbarded

simple past tense and past participle of scabbard

Source: Wiktionary


SCABBARD

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



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