scabbards
- plural of scabbard.
Example Sentences
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Swords, scabbards, armor — weaponry and objects related to combat are plentiful in the show.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
He also found worked wood in an adjacent niche that turned out to be parts of the swords' scabbards.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023
The three swords that were still in their wooden scabbards were identified as Roman spatha, or long swords, while the fourth, shorter weapon was identified as a ring-pommel sword.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023
A waiter entered the room carrying eight alarming-looking knives, sheathed in wooden scabbards decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018
They wore a bizarre mix of plumed Roman helmets, breastplates, scabbards, blue jeans, purple T-shirts, and white athletic shoes.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
