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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

“Okay, but only because you asked nicely,” Jack said, sliding his sword into its scabbard and climbing up behind May.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

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

He hung a dirk at one hip and a longsword at the other, in scabbards striped black-and-gold.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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