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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)

  1. 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

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