Sheath

//ʃiːθ//

Definitions

1
A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
2
Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.
Similar
case casing cover
3
The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.

1
Uncommon spelling of sheathe.
Nay, neuer beare me hence, diſpatch me heere: / Here ſheath thy Sword, Ile pardon thee my death: [...]

Word Origin

From Middle English sheth, shethe (“holder for a sword, knife, etc., scabbard, sheath”) [and other forms], from Old English sċēaþ (“sheath”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþiju, from Proto-Germanic *s...

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