scabbard

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

scabbard
    n 1: a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scabbard \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
   escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
   origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
   conceal. Cf. {Hauberk}.]
   The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
   kept; a sheath.
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         Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
                                                  --Fairfax.
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   {Scabbard fish} (Zool.), a long, compressed, silver-colored
      taenioid fish ({Lepidopus argyreus} syn. {Lepidopus
      caudatus}), found on the European coasts, and more
      abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
      {frostfish} and considered an excellent food fish.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scabbard \Scab"bard\, v. t.
   To put in a scabbard.
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