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scabbard

scab·bard

UK/ˈskæb.əd/ US/ˈskæb.ɚd/ rare

noun

1.

a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

Origin

From Middle English scabard, scauberde, scauberk, scauberke, from Anglo-Norman eschaubert, escalberc, of Germanic origin, perhaps from Frankish *skarberg (“sheath”, literally “blade-protection”), from Proto-Germanic *skēriz (“blade, scissors”) + *bergaz (“shelter, protection, refuge”). See also hauberk.

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