What is the difference between sheath and scabbard?
sheath | scabbard |
A scabbard; a holster for a sword.
Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard for a sword that is for the purpose of holding an object that is longer than it is wide; a case.
The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
A tight-fitting dress.
(British) A condom.
The foreskin of certain animals, e.g. dogs and horses.
The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
One of the elytra of an insect.
To put an object (especially a weapon, in particular, a sword) into its sheath.
* John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
(senseid) The sheath of a sword.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IX
To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.
* Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.
Scabbard is a synonym of sheath.
As nouns the difference between sheath and scabbard
is that sheath is a scabbard; a holster for a sword while scabbard is (sheath) The sheath of a sword.As verbs the difference between sheath and scabbard
is that sheath is to put an object (especially a weapon, in particular, a sword) into its sheath while scabbard is to put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.sheath
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Alternative forms
* sheatheNoun
(sheaths)Synonyms
* (scabbard) scabbard * (long case) ** case ** casing ** cover ** covering ** envelope * (tight-fitting dress) * See alsoVerb
- But when his foe lies prostrate on the plain, / He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane, / And pleased with bloodless honours of the day, / Walks over and disdains th' inglorious prey.
Antonyms
* unsheathDerived terms
* resheath * resheatheExternal links
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*scabbard
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(wikipedia scabbard)Noun
(en noun)- I 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.