Scabbard

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scabbard \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
     escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
     origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
     conceal. Cf. {Hauberk}.]
     The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
     kept; a sheath.


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           Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
                                                    --Fairfax.
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     {Scabbard fish} (Zool.), a long, compressed, silver-colored
        taenioid fish ({Lepidopus argyreus} syn. {Lepidopus
        caudatus}), found on the European coasts, and more
        abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
        {frostfish} and considered an excellent food fish.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scabbard \Scab"bard\, v. t.
     To put in a scabbard.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scabbard
       n : a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet