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.
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.
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.