sheath
noun
a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
sheathlike
-
a word derived from
sheath.
Example Sentences
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Each appendage also has sheathlike tissues wrapping around each joint, making them more elastic, and better able to extend and contract.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 25, 2022
In the other species examined, the insertion is sheathlike throughout and there are no thick areas.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by William B. Stallcup
He had never before seen her in that odd, sheathlike garment of silver-grey velvet.
From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Cynthia Stockley
The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O by Project Gutenberg
This sheathlike termination is perforated by the tendons of the m. flexor perforans et perforatus digiti II and the branch of the m. flexor digitorum longus that inserts on the second digit.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by William B. Stallcup
