scabbard
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
Other Word Forms
- scabbardless adjective
- unscabbard verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of scabbard
1250–1300; Middle English scalburde, scauberge (compare Anglo-French escauberz, escauberge, Medieval Latin escauberca ) ≪ dissimilated variant of Old High German *skārberga sword-protection. See shear, harbor
Example Sentences
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Flashing his club as a sword, he targeted the hole as the bull and completed the routine by wiping the imagined blood off the blade and returning it to an invisible scabbard with a flourish.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024
Oftentimes, a kirpan is blunt and even sewn into its sheath or scabbard.
From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2022
The remains of a scabbard, a sheath for the blade, was also found.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2021
The remains of the ancient warrior dubbed the “Marlow Warlord,” were found in a hilltop burial site alongside an array of weapons, including a sword in a decorated scabbard and spears.
From Fox News • Oct. 6, 2020
The bar was decorated with glittering bottles, and Kote was standing on the now-vacant counter between the two heavy oak barrels when Bast came back into the room, black scabbard swinging loosely from one hand.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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