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scabbard

[ skab-erd ]

noun

  1. a sheath for a sword or the like.


verb (used with object)

  1. to put into a scabbard; sheathe.

scabbard

/ ˈ²õ°ìæ²úÉ™»å /

noun

  1. a holder for a bladed weapon such as a sword or bayonet; sheath
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³¦²¹²úb²¹°ù»å·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ³¦²¹²úb²¹°ù»å verb (used with object)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scabbard1

1250–1300; Middle English scalburde, scauberge (compare Anglo-French escauberz, escauberge, Medieval Latin escauberca ) ≪ dissimilated variant of Old High German *²õ°ìÄå°ù²ú±ð°ù²µ²¹ sword-protection. See shear, harbor
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scabbard1

C13 scauberc, from Norman French escaubers (pl), of Germanic origin; related to Old High German ²õ°ìÄå°ù blade and bergan to protect
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Swords, scabbards, armor — weaponry and objects related to combat are plentiful in the show.

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Flashing his club as a sword, he targeted the hole as the bull and completed the routine by wiping the imagined blood off the blade and returning it to an invisible scabbard with a flourish.

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On top of the glass was a hilt, off of which hung a dark blue scabbard.

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Their leader Meir Simcha, who walked round the outpost armed with a large machete in a leather scabbard, said that unlike other Israelis they had not been surprised by the Hamas assault on 7 October.

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The sword is in a scabbard covered with 2,600 pearls and the ceremony is a symbolic show of mutual respect between two historical powerbases, the monarchy and the City of London.

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