n. A sheath, as for a dagger, sword, or rifle. tr.v. scab·bard·ed, scab·bard·ing, scab·bards To put into or furnish with such a sheath. [Middle English scauberc, scabbard, from Old French escauberc, possibly of Germanic origin; see sker-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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