scabbard

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Flashing his club as a sword, he targeted the hole as the bull and completed the routine by wiping the imagined blood off the blade and returning it to an invisible scabbard with a flourish.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024

Oftentimes, a kirpan is blunt and even sewn into its sheath or scabbard.

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2022

The remains of a scabbard, a sheath for the blade, was also found.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2021

The sword and scabbard, along with other items unearthed, such as spears, and bronze and glass vessels, are being conserved by Pieta Greaves of Drakon Heritage and Conservation, according to the University of Reading.

From Fox News • Oct. 6, 2020

A knight stands in the road, his shoulders rising and falling, his sword in its scabbard casting a serpentine shadow on the ground.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz