scabbard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

WordNet

Scab"bard noun
Etymology
OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. skalpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. Hauberk.
Definitions
  1. The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.
    Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. Fairfax.
Scab"bard transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To put in a scabbard.

Webster 1913