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scabbard - What does it mean?

Definition of 'scabbard'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (senseid) The sheath of a sword.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IX
  • I had had to discard my rifle before I commenced the rapid descent of the cliff, so that now I was armed only with a hunting knife, and this I whipped from its scabbard as Kho leaped toward me.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.
  • * Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.
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