Meaning

1 senses

  1. The sheath of a sword.

    Schwertscheide, Scheide

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    пі́хвиpíxvy, пі́хваpíxva

    a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

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. — Selena777

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  4. A sheath for a sword is a scabbard.

    deEine Scheide für ein Schwert ist eine Schwertscheide. — Yorwba

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

    deDas Langschwert steckte in einer exquisit gravierten Scheide. — xtofu80

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Translations

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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

plural: scabbards
Singularscabbard
Pluralscabbards

regular

Word family

3 related words
Derivedscabbardfishscabbardlessunscabbard

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sayA1sayingscabscabiesscadscaffold
scabbard — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto