scabbard
Syllables: scab·bard/ˈskæb.əd/US/ˈskæb.ɚd/
scabbard noun: the sheath of a sword.
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Noun
scabbard (plural scabbards)
- The sheath of a sword.
- 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.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IX, in Hugo Gernsback, editor...
Verb
scabbard (third-person singular simple present scabbards, present participle scabbarding, simple past and past participle scabbarded)
- To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.
- Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.
scabbard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
scabbard in Hindi
- the sheath of a sword
- मियान miyān, म्यान myān
scabbard in Tamil
- the sheath of a sword
- உறை uṟai, வள் vaḷ, வாளுறை vāḷuṟai
scabbard in Marathi
- scabbard, sheath
- म्यान myān
scabbard in Urdu
- the sheath of a sword
- غلاف ġilāf, میان miyān, نیام niyām
More languagesFewer languages
- scabbard in Bengali
- তরবারির খাপ
- scabbard in Malayalam
- വാളുറ vāḷuṟa
- scabbard in Punjabi
- ਮਿਆਨ miāna
- scabbard in Sanskrit
- टङ्क ṭaṅka
- scabbard in Tagalog
- kaluban, bayna
- scabbard in Arabic
- غِمْد ḡimd, غِلَاف ḡilāf
- scabbard in Indonesian
- sarung pedang
- scabbard in Persian
- غلاف ġelâf, قراب, نیام niyâm
- scabbard in Thai
- ฝัก fàk
- scabbard in Vietnamese
- vỏ, bao kiếm
- scabbard in Myanmar
- ဓားအိမ် dha:im
Examples of scabbard in a sentence
- A scabbard covers a sword, and the bodies of coleoids cover their shells (or lack thereof).
- He took his knife from the scabbard and laid it on his chest.
- Moreover, if the fit is right, they can help to snap the sword securely into the scabbard.
Forms of scabbard
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | scabbards |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | scabbards |
| present participle | scabbarding |
| past participle | scabbarded |
| past | scabbarded |
Origin of scabbard
From Middle English scabard, scauberde, scauberk, scauberke, from Anglo-Norman eschaubert, escalberc, of Germanic origin, perhaps from Frankish *skarberg (“sheath”, literally “blade-protection”), from Proto-Germanic *skēriz (“blade, scissors”) + *bergaz (“shelter, protection, refuge”). See also hauberk.
Words formed from scabbard
Words that rhyme with scabbard
Questions about scabbard
- What does scabbard mean?
- Scabbard means the sheath of a sword.
- What is scabbard in Hindi?
- Scabbard in Hindi is मियान (miyān), म्यान (myān). See Scabbard meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is scabbard?
- Scabbard can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce scabbard?
- Scabbard is pronounced /ˈskæb.əd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of scabbard?
- The plural of scabbard is scabbards.
Words near scabbard in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scabbard (page history and authors); म्यान (Marathi) (page history and authors); scabbard (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); टङ्क (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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