What does scabbard mean?
Definitions for scabbard
ˈskæb ərdscab·bard
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Princeton's WordNet
scabbardnoun
a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
Wiktionary
scabbardnoun
The sheath of a sword.
Etymology: From escalberc, of origin. See also hauberk
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Scabbardnoun
Etymology: schap, German. Junius.
Enter fortune’s gate,
Nor in thy scabbard sheath that famous blade,
’Till settled be thy kingdom and estate. Edward Fairfax.What eyes! how keen their glances! you do well to keep ’em veil’d: they are too sharp to be trusted out o’ th’ scabbard. John Dryden, Spanish Fryar.
Wikipedia
Scabbard
A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword, knife, or other large blade. As well, rifles may be stored in a scabbard by horse riders. Military cavalry and cowboys had scabbards for their saddle ring carbine rifles and lever-action rifles on their horses for storage and protection. Scabbards have been made of many materials over the millennia, including leather, wood, and metals such as brass or steel. Most commonly, sword scabbards were worn suspended from a sword belt or shoulder belt called a baldric.
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scabbard
A scabbard is a sheath for the blade of a sword or dagger, typically made of leather or metal. It is used not only to protect the blade, but also to allow safe handling and storage of the weapon.
Webster Dictionary
Scabbardnoun
the case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath
Scabbardverb
to put in a scabbard
Etymology: [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. sklpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. Hauberk.]
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Scabbard
A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword, knife, or other large blade. Scabbards have been made of many materials over the millennia, including leather, wood, and metals such as brass or steel.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Scabbard
skab′ard, n. the case in which the blade of a sword is kept: a sheath.—v.t. to provide with a sheath.—n. Scabb′ard-fish, a fish of the family Lepidopodidæ. [M. E. scauberk, prob. an assumed O. Fr. escauberc—Old High Ger. scala, a scale, bergan, to protect.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
scabbard
Is the sheath for a sword or bayonet, at once to render the weapon harmless and to protect it from damp. It was usually made of black leather, tipped, mouthed, and ringed with metal, but is now generally made of bronzed steel. The cavalry wear scabbards of polished steel. These better sustain the friction against the horses’ accoutrements, but are objectionable from their noisiness, and the consequent impossibility of surprising an enemy. The sword-scabbard is suspended to the belt by two rings; the bayonet-scabbard hooks into a frog in connection with the waist-belt.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scabbard in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scabbard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of scabbard in a Sentence
The sword of justice has no scabbard.
Give not thy tongue too great a liberty, lest it take thee prisoner. A word unspoken is like thy sword in thy scabbard; if vented, the sword is in another?s hand.* If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.
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- غمد الخنجرArabic
- beinaCatalan, Valencian
- pochvaCzech
- skedeDanish
- ScheideGerman
- θήκη, θηκάριGreek
- glavingoEsperanto
- vainaSpanish
- mõõgatuppEstonian
- غلاف, نیام, قرابPersian
- tuppi, huotraFinnish
- fourreauFrench
- fraighe, duilleScottish Gaelic
- נדןHebrew
- मियानHindi
- hüvelyHungarian
- պատյանArmenian
- foderoItalian
- 鞘Japanese
- 칼집, 집, 대검집Korean
- vāgīnaLatin
- makštisLithuanian
- makstsLatvian
- канија, корица, ножницаMacedonian
- schedeDutch
- pochwaPolish
- bainhaPortuguese
- teacăRomanian
- ножныRussian
- ножница, nožnicaSerbo-Croatian
- skida, baljaSwedish
- ฝักThai
- kınTurkish
- bao kiếm, vỏVietnamese
- denaveadVolapük
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