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
She carried the sword without its scabbard for the rest of the ceremony.
From BBC • May 6, 2023
Oftentimes, a kirpan is blunt and even sewn into its sheath or scabbard.
From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2022
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
The scabbard fitted perfectly into the well-made holder on the belt.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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