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scabbard

[skab-erd] / ˈskæb ərd /


NOUN
sheath
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A stunning jeweled dagger hilt and scabbard from Jahangir’s reign incorporate more than 2,000 diamonds, rubies and emeralds set in an intricate pattern in gold.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Flashing his club as a sword, he targeted the hole as the bull and completed the routine by wiping the imagined blood off the blade and returning it to an invisible scabbard with a flourish.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2024

Their leader Meir Simcha, who walked round the outpost armed with a large machete in a leather scabbard, said that unlike other Israelis they had not been surprised by the Hamas assault on 7 October.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2023

Oftentimes, a kirpan is blunt and even sewn into its sheath or scabbard.

From Washington Times Sep. 27, 2022

Matthias triumphantly pulled the scabbard and sword belt free of the wreckage.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Swords, scabbards, armor — weaponry and objects related to combat are plentiful in the show.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2025

The three swords that were still in their wooden scabbards were identified as Roman spatha, or long swords, while the fourth, shorter weapon was identified as a ring-pommel sword.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2023

"This is a unique time capsule, whereby fragments of scrolls, coins from the Jewish Revolt, leather sandals, and now even swords in their scabbards, sharp as if they had only just been hidden away today."

From BBC Sep. 6, 2023

A waiter entered the room carrying eight alarming-looking knives, sheathed in wooden scabbards decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays.

From The New Yorker Jun. 11, 2018

In the pasturage along the road the wild oat heads were just clearing their scabbards.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck




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