scabbard
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A stunning jeweled dagger hilt and scabbard from Jahangir’s reign incorporate more than 2,000 diamonds, rubies and emeralds set in an intricate pattern in gold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
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
Beyond is a gallery that recounts Tut’s life, as told by the artifacts in his burial place, such as a knife and scabbard, a ceremonial staff with a curved head, and pottery embellished with hieroglyphics.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2022
Shoto took the sword and drew its ornate blade a few inches from the scabbard.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Swords, scabbards, armor — weaponry and objects related to combat are plentiful in the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
"This is a unique time capsule, whereby fragments of scrolls, coins from the Jewish Revolt, leather sandals, and now even swords in their scabbards, sharp as if they had only just been hidden away today."
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023
The three swords that were still in their wooden scabbards were identified as Roman spatha, or long swords, while the fourth, shorter weapon was identified as a ring-pommel sword.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023
A waiter entered the room carrying eight alarming-looking knives, sheathed in wooden scabbards decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 11, 2018
In the pasturage along the road the wild oat heads were just clearing their scabbards.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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