scabbard

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈskæb.əd

Definitions

The sheath of a sword.
The sheath of a sword
To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard

Equivalents

Españolvaina

Françaisfourreau

DeutschScheide Schwertscheide

57 more languages

العربيةالغمد برشم غلافغمد

Azərbaycan diliqın

Беларускаяпохва

Българскино́жница

Bosanskikorice tok vaginavo корице ток

Catalàbeina

Češtinapochva pouzdro

Cymraeggwain

Danskskede

Ελληνικάθηκάρι θήκη κολεός

Esperantoglavingo

فارسیغلاف نیام

Suomihuotra miekanhuotra tuppi

Gaeilgetruaill

Gàidhligcochall duille duille-sgeinefaighean fraighe

עבריתנדן נרתיק

हिन्दीम्यान

Hrvatskikorice tok vaginavo корице ток

Magyarhüvely tok

Հայերենպատյան

Bahasa Indonesiasarung pedang

Íslenskaskeiðar

Italianofodero guaina

日本語鞘

ქართულიქარქაში

Қазақ тіліқын

ភាសាខ្មែរស្រោមដាវ

한국어대검집 칼집

Kurdîtok

Кыргызчакын

Latinavagina

Lietuviųmakštis

Latviešumaksts

Te Reo Māoripūkoro

Македонскиканија корица ножница

Монголхуй

မြန်မာဓားအိမ်

Nederlandsschede

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਮਿਆਨ

Polskipochwa

Portuguêsbainha

Românăteacă

Русскийножны

Slovenčinapošva

Shqipkëllëf mbulesë millzgjebe

Српскиkorice tok vaginavo корице ток

Svenskabalja skida slida

தமிழ்உறை

ไทยฝัก

Tagalogbayna kaluban

Türkçekılıf kın

ئۇيغۇرچەقىن

Українськапіхва

O'zbekchagʻilof

Tiếng Việtbao kiếm vô

Examples

“I had had to discard my rifle before I commenced the rapid descent of the cliff, so that now I was armed only with a hunting knife, and this I whipped from its scabbard as Kho leaped toward me.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

scabbardfish Scabbards Scabbed scabbedness scabbery Scabbiness

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