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scabbard

[skab-erd] / ˈskæb ərd /


NOUN
sheath
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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

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

“So you are and I accept it,” said the man in black, and he began to take off his sword and scabbard.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

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

Swords rode on their hips, singing their soft steel song as they rattled in their scabbards.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin


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