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| 1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
scabbard
n 1: a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
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| 2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Scabbard \Scab"bard\, v. t. To put in a scabbard. [1913 Webster] | ||
| 3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Scabbard \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. Hauberk.] The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath. [1913 Webster] Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster] Scabbard fish (Zool.), a long, compressed, silver-colored taenioid fish (Lepidopus argyreus syn. Lepidopus caudatus), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish and considered an excellent food fish. [1913 Webster] | ||
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