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Synonyms for sheath

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sheeth
Phonetic Transcription : ʃiθ

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Définition of sheath

Origin :
  • Old English sceað, scæð, from Proto-Germanic *skaithiz (cf. Old Saxon scethia, Old Norse skeiðir (plural), Old Frisian skethe, Middle Dutch schede, Dutch schede, Old High German skaida, German scheide "a sheath, scabbard"), according to OED, possibly from root *skei- "divide, split" (see shed (v.)) on notion of a split stick with the sword blade inserted. Meaning "condom" is recorded from 1861; sense of "close-fitting dress or skirt" is attested from 1904.
  • noun case
  • noun covering
Example sentences :
  • What make you, Alleyne, of these black lines which are drawn across the sheath?
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • And drawing his knife from its sheath, he flung it down at my feet.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • Sheath your swords, comrades; after all, it is no affair of ours.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • He drew his short sword from its sheath, and scratched a deep mark in the gravel.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • He tried to draw it, failed, and looking all along the sheath, saw its condition.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • They were armed with sheath knives and revolvers, and the taller bore a rifle.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Seizing the sheath with the other hand, that the pallet had dropped from.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • When he had liberated them from the sheath, he put them on the bridge of his nose upside down.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • He laid the summons on the table, and returned his spectacles to their sheath.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • He laughed wickedly, and plucked his dagger from its sheath.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini

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