SCABBARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scabbard mean? 

• SCABBARD (noun)
  The noun SCABBARD has 1 sense:

1. a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

  Familiarity information: SCABBARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCABBARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("scabbard" is a kind of...):

sheath (a protective covering (as for a knife or sword))

 Context examples 

He first called for my scimitar, which I took out, scabbard and all.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

He held his sword drawn in his hand to defend himself, if I should happen to break loose; it was almost three inches long; the hilt and scabbard were gold enriched with diamonds.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Then she set me on a table, where I showed her my hanger all bloody, and wiping it on the lappet of my coat, returned it to the scabbard.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

His majesty, who is a most magnanimous prince, was less daunted than I could expect: he ordered me to return it into the scabbard, and cast it on the ground as gently as I could, about six feet from the end of my chain.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)