sheath
A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
Other meanings
Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.
The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.
A kind of
- protective covering
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "sċēaþ".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sheath” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.