scabbard

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈskæb.əd/
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/ˈskæb.əd/ · /ˈskæb.ɚd/

Definition of scabbard

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The sheath of a sword.
    “I had had to discard my rifle before I commenced the rapid descent of the cliff, so that now I was armed only with a hunting knife, and this I whipped from its scabbard as Kho leaped toward me.”
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noun

  1. The sheath of a sword.
    “I had had to discard my rifle before I commenced the rapid descent of the cliff, so that now I was armed only with a hunting knife, and this I whipped from its scabbard as Kho leaped toward me.”

verb

  1. To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.
    “Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.”

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Etymology

From Middle English scabard, scauberde, scauberk, scauberke, from Anglo-Norman eschaubert, escalberc, of Germanic origin, perhaps from Frankish *skarberg (“sheath”, literally “blade-protection”), from Proto-Germanic *skēriz (“blade, scissors”) + *bergaz (“shelter, protection, refuge”). See also hauberk.

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