Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Sheathe

Sheathe , transitive verb

[Written also sheath.]

1.
To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.
The leopard... keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. — Grew
'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. — Dryden
2.
To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. — Shakespeare
3.
To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.
4.
To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. [Rare] — Arbuthnot
Collocations (1)
To sheathe the sword , to make peace.