Definition of scabbard

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scab·bard    (skbrd) KEY  

NOUN:

A sheath, as for a dagger or sword.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
scab·bard·ed , scab·bard·ing , scab·bards

To put into or furnish with such a sheath.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English scauberc, scabbard, from Old French escauberc, possibly of Germanic origin; see sker- ¹ in Indo-European roots

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