Sheath vs. Scabbard

By Jaxson

  • Scabbard

    A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword, knife, or other large blade. Scabbards have been made of many materials over the millennia, including leather, wood, and metals such as brass or steel.

    Most commonly, scabbards were worn suspended from a sword belt or shoulder belt called a baldric.

Wikipedia
  • Sheath (noun)

    A scabbard; a holster for a sword.

  • Sheath (noun)

    Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard for a sword that is for the purpose of holding an object that is longer than it is wide; a case.

  • Sheath (noun)

    The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.

  • Sheath (noun)

    A tight-fitting dress.

  • Sheath (noun)

    A condom.

  • Sheath (noun)

    The foreskin of certain animals, e.g. dogs and horses.

  • Sheath (noun)

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

  • Sheath (noun)

    One of the elytra of an insect.

  • Sheath (verb)

    To put an object (especially a weapon, in particular, a sword) into its sheath.

  • Scabbard (noun)

    The sheath of a sword.

  • Scabbard (verb)

    To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.

Wiktionary
  • Sheath (noun)

    a close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword.

  • Sheath (noun)

    a structure in living tissue which closely envelops another

    “the fatty sheath around nerve fibres”

  • Sheath (noun)

    a protective covering around an electric cable.

  • Sheath (noun)

    a woman’s close-fitting dress.

  • Sheath (noun)

    a condom.

  • Scabbard (noun)

    a sheath for the blade of a sword or dagger, typically made of leather or metal

    “a ceremonial sword hung at his side in a gilded scabbard”

  • Scabbard (noun)

    a sheath for a gun or other weapon or tool.

Oxford Dictionary

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