sheath

CEFRC2

/ʃiːθ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A cover for a knife or sword.

  2. 02

    verb

    To put a knife or sword into its cover.

Examples

  • A sheath for a sword is a scabbard.

  • Eventually, he returned the sword to its sheath.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.

  2. The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.

  3. A holster for a sword; a scabbard.

More examples

In context

  • Nay, neuer beare me hence, diſpatch me heere: / Here ſheath thy Sword, Ile pardon thee my death: [...]

  • Sheath your Dagger: / Be angry when you will, it ſhall haue ſcope: [...]

  • At Sight of thee, the Villain ſheaths his Sword, / Nor ſcales the Wall, to ſteal the wealthy Hoard.

Synonyms

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Question 1 · Quick check

The knight carefully placed his sword back into its leather blank after the fight.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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 *skaiþiz (“sheath; covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect, split”) (possibly from the notion of a split stick with a sword inserted). The English word is cognate with Danish skede, Dutch schede, Icelandic skeið, German Scheide, Low German scheed, Norwegian skjede.