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scabbard
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)
- 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.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX
Translations
Verb
scabbard (third-person singular simple present scabbards, present participle scabbarding, simple past and past participle scabbarded)
- 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
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unsheath
English
Alternative forms
- unsheathe
Etymology
un- +? sheath
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i?ð
Verb
unsheath (third-person singular simple present unsheaths, present participle unsheathing, simple past and past participle unsheathed)
- To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.
- Synonyms: draw, pull out
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