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sheathed

adjective as in clad

adjective as in encased

Strongest match

adjective as in lined

Strongest matches

Weak matches

adjective as in wrapped

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Along with a convenient carrying case that acts like a sheath, it comes with a removable cap and can double as a spare stake for your tent or a spear tip for fishing.

The autopsy found injuries, including skull fractures and optic nerve sheaths that were torn.

Just like the clip on a pocketknife, that sheath should be considered the primary determining factor in your purchase.

If you want to carry a backpack with a hipbelt while wearing a knife on your belt, you’ll need a sheath that drops the pommel below your belt.

If you plan to carry a fixed-blade knife on your belt, you’ll want a sheath that positions the pommel at or below the top of your belt.

Many gyms are in conspicuous downtown locations and sheathed in clear glass so passersby can watch people working out.

Lyall provided the supporting structure, employing quarter-inch nylon boning sheathed in muslin to facilitate sewing.

Despite the anguish, his life was sheathed in mother love, family love, and survived and did more than that.

"An incompetent populist," was the most sheathed answer I heard.

The cables are wrapped in cotton duck soaked in oxidized oil and varnish, and are sheathed in sheet iron.

His long sword, sheathed in wood, named by him the "Sweetheart of the Faith," hung from his leathern shoulder belt.

The posts were sheathed with marble elaborately carved, as in the example from Pompeii, shown in Fig. 68.

Winfree ducked, found one of the dress sabers ignominiously sheathed in snow, and drew it out.

With his usual contemptuous air he regarded the young Indian, who was unarmed, save for the sheathed hunting knife.

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On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sheathed, such as: arrayed, attired, clothed, covered, dressed, and face.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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