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scabbardless

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scab⋅bard

  [skab-erd]
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–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

Related forms:
scab⋅bard⋅less, adjective
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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").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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