Scabbard
Scabbard , noun
[Old English scaubert, scauberk, Old French escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; compare Icelandic skālpr scabbard, and German bergen to conceal. Compare Hauberk.]
The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.
Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
Collocations (1)
Scabbard fish (Zoology) , 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.
Scabbard , transitive verb
To put in a scabbard.