Definitions for: Scabbard

[n] a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
--Fairfax.

Scabbard fish (Zo["o]l.), a long, compressed,
silver-colored t[ae]nioid fish ({Lepidopus caudatus, or
argyreus}), found on the European coasts, and more
abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.

Scab"bard, v. t.
To put in a scabbard.

See Also: sheath

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