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
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 Stallcup, William B.
He had never before seen her in that odd, sheathlike garment of silver-grey velvet.
From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Stockley, Cynthia
He found Lady Sunderbund looking very tall and radiantly beautiful in a sheathlike dress of bright crimson trimmed with snow-white fur and a white fur toque.
From Soul of a Bishop by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The tendon crosses over to the medial surface of the tarsometatarsus, passes distally, and perforates the sheathlike tendon of the m. flexor hallucis brevis between the first metatarsal and the trochlea for digit II.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by Stallcup, William B.
