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scabbard

[skab-erd]

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noun

a sheath for a sword or the like.

verb (used with object)

to put into a scabbard; sheathe.

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Origin:
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

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scab·bard·less, adjective

un·scab·bard, verb (used with object)

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On the left side of his saddle he carries a cruising ax in a scabbard.

Buttons of gold and garnets probably attached a scabbard to a belt.

The crowning accessory is a curved dagger called the jambiya that's sheathed in a fanciful scabbard belted across the belly.

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scabbard (ˈskæbəd)

—n
	a holder for a bladed weapon such as a sword or bayonet; sheath

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

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scabbard

c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. *escauberc "sheath, vagina" (13c.), probably from Frank. *skar "blade" (cf. O.H.G. scar "scissors, blade, sword") + *berg- "protect" (cf. O.H.G. bergan "to protect").

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