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scab⋅bard

[skab-erd]
–noun
1. a sheath for a sword or the like.
–verb (used with object)
2. to put into a scabbard; sheathe.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME scalburde, scauberge (cf. AF escauberz, escauberge, ML escauberca) ≪ dissimilated var. of OHG *skārberga sword-protection. See shear, harbor


scab⋅bard⋅less, adjective
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scab·bard   (skāb'ərd)   
n.  A sheath, as for a dagger or sword.
tr.v.   scab·bard·ed, scab·bard·ing, scab·bards
To put into or furnish with such a sheath.

[Middle English scauberc, scabbard, from Old French escauberc, possibly of Germanic origin; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

scabbard 
1297, 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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