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Sheath and Scabbard Definitions

Sheath

A usually close-fitting case or covering for a blade, as of a sword.

Scabbard

A sheath, as for a dagger, sword, or rifle.

Sheath

Any of various similar coverings.

Scabbard

To put into or furnish with such a sheath.

Sheath

(Biology) An enveloping tubular structure, such as the base of a grass leaf that surrounds the stem or the tissue that encloses a muscle or nerve fiber.
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Scabbard

The sheath of a sword.

Sheath

A close-fitting dress.

Scabbard

To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.
Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.

Sheath

A condom.

Scabbard

The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.
Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
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Sheath

A holster for a sword; a scabbard.

Scabbard

To put in a scabbard.

Sheath

(by extension) Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.

Scabbard

A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

Sheath

(botany) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.
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Sheath

(electrical engineering) The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.

Sheath

(entomology) One of the elytra of an insect.

Sheath

(fashion) A tight-fitting dress.

Sheath

(zoology) The foreskin of certain animals (for example, dogs and horses).

Sheath

A condom.

Sheath

Alternative spelling of sheathe

Sheath

A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
The dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew.

Sheath

Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part.

Sheath

A protective covering for a knife or sword

Sheath

An enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

Sheath

A dress suitable for formal occasions

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