scabbard

Speech parts

1. scabbard - Noun

2. scabbard - Verb

Meaning

The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.

To put in a scabbard.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sac case file caddy cover box budget net shell compact cabinet container cartridge bag portfolio
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Antonyms

result release resolve set aside disregard unfold
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Hypernyms

sheath

Phrases with the word

scabbard fish

Examples

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it. Percy Bysshe Shelley

The time for war has not yet come, but it will come, and that soon; and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard. Stonewall Jackson

The sword within the scabbard keep, And let mankind agree. John Dryden

One sword keeps another in its scabbard. Venezuelan Proverb

A good sword is the one left in its scabbard. Japanese Proverb

Good sword has often been in poor scabbard. Scottish Gaelic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

scab scab duty scab union scabbard fish scabbarded scabbardfish