Sheath

[ʃiːθ] or [ʃiθ]

Definition

(noun.) a protective covering (as for a knife or sword).

(noun.) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part.

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Definition

(n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.

(n.) Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part.

(n.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.

(n.) One of the elytra of an insect.

Typist: Stanley

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Case (as for a sword), scabbard.[2]. (Bot.) Base of a leaf (when it is wrapped around a stem).[3]. (Ent.) Wing-case.

Checker: Ramona

Definition

n. a case for a sword or other long instrument: a scabbard: any thin defensive covering: a membrane covering a stem or branch: the wing-case of an insect.—v.t. Sheathe (th) to put into a sheath: to cover with a sheath or case: to enclose in a lining.—adj. Sheathed (th) provided with or enclosed in a sheath: (bot. zool. and anat.) having a sheath vaginate.—ns. Sheath′ing (th) that which sheathes esp. the covering of a ship's bottom; Sheath′-knife a knife carried in a sheath from the waist.—adjs. Sheath′less; Sheath′-winged having the wings encased in elytra: coleopterous; Sheath′y sheath-like.—Sheathe the sword to put an end to war.

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