Meaning

1 senses

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

    Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. The sword has found its scabbard.

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  2. A longsword sheathed in an intricately engraved scabbard.

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  3. The men drew their swords from their scabbards.

    ruМужчины вытащили свои мечи из ножен.

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  4. A sheath for a sword is a scabbard.

    deEine Scheide für ein Schwert ist eine Schwertscheide.

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  5. The longsword was sheathed in an intricately engraved scabbard.

    deDas Langschwert steckte in einer exquisit gravierten Scheide.

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Origin

From Middle English scabard, scauberde, scauberk, scauberke, from Anglo-Norman eschaubert,

From Middle English scabard, scauberde, scauberk, scauberke, from Anglo-Norman eschaubert, escalberc, of Germanic origin, perhaps from Frankish *skarberg (“sheath”, literally “blade-protection”), from Proto-Germanic *skēriz (“blade, scissors”) + *bergaz (“shelter, protection, refuge”). See also hauberk.

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Forms

scabbards, scabbarding, scabbarded, scabbarded
Base formscabbard · to scabbard
3rd person singularscabbards
Present participlescabbarding
Past simplescabbarded
Past participlescabbarded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscabbard
he, she, itscabbards

Past simpleLesson

all personsscabbarded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave scabbarded
he, she, ithas scabbarded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scabbard

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sayA1sayingscabscabiesscadscaffold
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