Unsheathed
[ʌn'ʃiːðd;ʌn'ʃiːθt]
Definition
(adj.) not having a protective covering; 'unsheathed cables'; 'a bare blade' .
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Examples
- I could see messengers running swiftly through the audience, and as they passed the nobles there unsheathed their swords and sprang into the arena. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She would lie always unsheathed in sleep, unrelieved, unsaved. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Disinherited Knight sprung from his steed, and also unsheathed his sword. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She lay always so unsheathed in sleep. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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