different between scabbard vs iaido

English

Etymology

From Middle English scabard, scauberde, scauberk, scauberke, from Anglo-Norman eschaubert, escalberc, of Germanic origin, perhaps from Frankish *skarberg (“sheath”, literally “blade-protection”), from Proto-Germanic *sk?riz (“blade, scissors”) + *bergaz (“shelter, protection, refuge”). See also hauberk.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?skæb.?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?skæb.?d/
• Hyphenation: scab?bard

Noun

scabbard (plural scabbards)

2. The sheath of a sword.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot 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.

Translations

Verb

scabbard (third-person singular simple present scabbards, present participle scabbarding, simple past and past participle scabbarded)

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

   Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “scabbard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ???.

Noun

iaido (uncountable)

1. A Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard.

Anagrams

• oidia