scabbard

Etymology

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.

noun

  1. The sheath of a sword.

verb

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

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