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

/ ˈskæbəd /

noun

1. a holder for a bladed weapon such as a sword or bayonet; sheath

Other Word Forms

• scabbardless adjective
• unscabbard verb (used with object)

Word 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 *skārberga sword-protection. See shear, harbor

Word History and Origins

Origin of scabbard¹

C13 scauberc, from Norman French escaubers (pl), of Germanic origin; related to Old High German skār blade and bergan to protect

Example Sentences

Swords, scabbards, armor — weaponry and objects related to combat are plentiful in the show.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Literature

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.

From BBC

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.

From BBC

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