Definitions
a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
Word origin
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 *skēriz (“blade, scissors”) + *bergaz (“shelter, protection, refuge”). See also hauberk.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Sword sheath”8 letters
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