scabbard

noun

scab·bard ˈska-bərd

: a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet

scabbard transitive verb

Examples of scabbard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One person made the hilt, one the scabbard, one the handle, and so forth. —

Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023 The Model 1 comes with a scabbard that’s molded to fit perfectly. —

Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 June 2023 But, at the same time, I was deeply saddened by both impeachments because, before Nixon, impeachment was meant to be the sword that was never removed from its scabbard. —

Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 17 June 2023 The scabbard is made of leather, gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, turquoise, and lined in silk velvet. —

Town & Country, 7 May 2023 That observation aside, this is a pretty good little saw, with a comfortable handle, decent balance, and a bar wrench cleverly and tightly concealed in the folding plastic scabbard. —

Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023 An unknown person or persons sawed off a scabbard and drilled a hole into the leg of one of the horses. —

Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2023 The sixth generation of a case that’s been around since the 1970s, the Stronghold Gun Boot is a scabbard-type case for your ATV that features a redesigned, attached lid that secures with a rubber closure but opens with one hand in place of the old two-piece models. —

Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2023 The scabbard also includes an engraving of the state seal. —

Tiana Woodard, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023 See More

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