What does scabbard mean?
Scabbard means The sheath of a sword..
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/ˈskæb.əd/ · noun
The sheath of a sword..
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.
Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.
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Scabbard means The sheath of a sword..
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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.
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