Scabbard
['skæbəd] or ['skæbɚd]
Definition
(n.) The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.
(v. t.) To put in a scabbard.
Edited by Albert
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sheath (of a sword or a dagger), case.
Checker: Patrice
Definition
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 Lepidopodid.
Typed by Juan
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a scabbard, denotes some misunderstanding will be amicably settled. If you wonder where your scabbard can be, you will have overpowering difficulties to meet.
Checked by Jacques
Examples
- He heard the noise of a carbine scabbard slapping loosely and the creak of leather. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- With these words the noble fellow unbuckled his scabbard and flung his sword upon the ground before me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There were three of us: one had lost a horse, killed; one a hat and one a sword-scabbard. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The second sword I withdrew noiselessly, but the third clanked in its scabbard with a frightful din. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- From the scabbard on the right of his saddle projected the stock and the long oblong clip of a short automatic rifle. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- At the same time an angel was seen to put up a sword in a scabbard, and the pestilence ceased on the same day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He first called for my scimitar, which I took out, scabbard and all. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Then she set me on a table, where I showed her my hanger all bloody, and wiping it on the lappet of my coat, returned it to the scabbard. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The great Thark's long-sword leaped from its scabbard; Thuvia shrank shuddering to my side. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Checker: Luther