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(skab′ərd)

noun

a sheath or case to hold the blade of a sword, dagger, etc.

Origin: ME scabarde, earlier scauberc < Anglo-Fr escaubers (pl.) < ? OHG scar, sword, cutting tool (akin to shear) + bergan, to hide, protect: see bury

transitive verb

to put into a scabbard; sheathe

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noun

A sheath, as for a dagger or sword.

transitive verb scab·bard·ed, scab·bard·ing, scab·bards

To put into or furnish with such a sheath.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English scauberc, scabbard

Origin: , from Old French escauberc

Origin: , possibly of Germanic origin; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots

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