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sputcheon

Syllables: sput·cheon/ˈspʌt͡ʃən/

sputcheon noun: the metal lining of a scabbard's mouth.

Noun

sputcheon (plural sputcheons)

  1. (historical) The metal lining of a scabbard's mouth.
    • Schlussblech, […] The sputcheon of the mouth-piece; inner part of the mouth-piece, which retains the lining of metal-scabbards.1848, Geo[rge] F[loyd] Duckett, Technological Military Dictionary, German–English–French, new edition, London: Parker, Furnival, and Parker, […], →OCLC, page 319, column 1
    • […] [batte] de la cuvette, sputcheon of the mouth-piece of a sword-scabbard, or that part which retains the wooden scabbard (fût).1852, [Robert] Burn, “Batte”, in A Naval and Military Technical Dictionary of the French Language. […], 2nd edition, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 37, column 2

Examples of sputcheon in a sentence

  • Mouth pieces and sputcheons will no longer be supplied separately, but mouth pieces with the sputcheon strongly attached will be furnished.1871 July 1, “Army Circulars. 1871.”, in The Army List, for July, 1871, London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, →OCLC, clause 109 (Repairs...
  • They are as follows: / The manufacture of the blade, 32 operations; scabbard, 30; scabbard mouthpiece with sputcheon, 32; […]1886 June 3, “Swords and Sword Making at Solingen, Germany. (Concluded.)”, in Merrick Cowles, John W. Weston, editors, The American...
  • She held her mouth slitted open in anguish so that in Inman's mind it resembled the sputcheon to a sword scabbard.1997, Charles Frazier, “A Vow to Bear”, in Cold Mountain, New York, N.Y.: Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 273:

Forms of sputcheon

pluralsputcheons

Origin of sputcheon

Origin unknown.

Questions about sputcheon

What does sputcheon mean?
Sputcheon means the metal lining of a scabbard's mouth.
How do you use sputcheon in a sentence?
Mouth pieces and sputcheons will no longer be supplied separately, but mouth pieces with the sputcheon strongly attached will be furnished.
What part of speech is sputcheon?
Sputcheon is a noun.
How do you pronounce sputcheon?
Sputcheon is pronounced /ˈspʌt͡ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of sputcheon?
The plural of sputcheon is sputcheons.

Words near sputcheon in the dictionary

  1. SPUSA
  2. sput
  3. sputa
  4. sputation
  5. sputative
  6. sputcheon
  7. sputcheons
  8. sputnik
  9. Sputnik moment
  10. Sputnik moments
  11. Sputnik star

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