scabbard

Bowie knife and sheath

Meanings

Noun

The sheath of a sword.

Verb

To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.

Origin

From Middle English scabard, scauberde, scauberk, scauberke, from Anglo-Norman eschaubert, escalberc, of Germanic origin, perhaps from Frankish *skarberg, from Proto-Germanic *skēriz + *bergaz. See also hauberk.

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