'Sheathed' definitions:
Definition of 'sheathed'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination; "his sheathed sword"; "the cat's sheathed claws"; "a ship's bottom sheathed in copper"; "copper- sheathed" [ant: bare, unsheathed]
Definition of 'Sheathed'
From: GCIDE
- Sheathed \Sheathed\, a.
- 1. Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sheathed'
From: GCIDE
- Sheathe \Sheathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheating.] [Written also sheath.]
- 1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case. [1913 Webster]
- The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. --Grew. [1913 Webster]
- 'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. [R.] --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- To sheathe the sword, to make peace. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sheathed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- armored,
- cased,
- ceiled,
- cloaked,
- clouded,
- coated,
- coped,
- covered,
- covert,
- cowled,
- curtained,
- eclipsed,
- encapsulated,
- encapsuled,
- encased,
- enveloped,
- enwrapped,
- filmed,
- floored,
- hooded,
- housed,
- loricate,
- loricated,
- mantled,
- masked,
- muffled,
- obscured,
- occulted,
- packaged,
- paved,
- roofed-in,
- screened,
- scummed,
- shelled,
- shielded,
- shrouded,
- swathed,
- tented,
- under cover,
- veiled,
- walled,
- walled-in,
- wrapped