Scabbard

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈskæb.É™d/
• US IPA: /ˈskæbÉšd/

Origin

From Anglo-Norman escalberc, of origin. See also hauberk

Full definition of scabbard

Noun

1. (sheath) The sheath of a sword.
• 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot (novel) Chapter IXI had had to discard my rifle before I commenced the rapid descent of the cliff, so that now I was armed only with a hunting knife, and this I whipped from its scabbard as Kho leaped toward me.

Verb

1. To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.
• Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.