sheathing

Another peculiar feature of the Cat family is the power of sheathing their talons.

"So ends our quarrel, then," said Aylward, sheathing his sword.

Tongue and groove joint; used in flooring and for sheathing.

They are very small, either separate or in clusters; and each flower or cluster has a dry, sheathing bract at its base.

“I am fairly entrapped,” he said, sheathing his sword, and advancing towards them.

She had, however, lost a considerable amount of sheathing from the bows, and had become very leaky from the blows received.

“I watched you,” said he, sheathing the weapon, as if he had changed his mind about the use of it.

The whisper of love and the oath of despair,—a few inches of sheathing alone divided them.

"Yes, yes," the Cuban answered, sheathing the knife and thrusting it into his belt.

Lastly, the copper is often reduced into sheets, for the sheathing of ships, and many other purposes.