Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scabbard \Scab"bard\, v. t.
To put in a scabbard.
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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.
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Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
--Fairfax.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scabbard
n 1: a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet