'Scabbard' definitions:
Definition of 'scabbard'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
Definition of 'Scabbard'
From: GCIDE
- Scabbard \Scab"bard\, v. t. To put in a scabbard. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scabbard'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]