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Sheath

Sheath Meaning & Definition
Sheath Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sheath?

[n] a dress suitable for formal occasions
[n] a protective covering for a knife or sword
[n] an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sheath: case | cocktail dress

Related Terms | Find terms related to Sheath:

See Also | aglet | aiglet | cot | cover | covering | dress | fingerstall | frock | holster | husk | lorica | medullary sheath | myelin sheath | natural covering | neurilemma | neurolemma | protection | protective cover | protective covering | scabbard | theca

Sheath In Webster's Dictionary

\Sheath\, n. [OE. schethe, AS. sc[=ae][eth], sce['a][eth], sc[=e][eth]; akin to OS. sk[=e][eth]ia, D. scheede, G. scheide, OHG. sceida, Sw. skida, Dan. skede, Icel. skei[eth]ir, pl., and to E. shed, v.t., originally meaning, to separate, to part. See {Shed}.] 1. A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard. The dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew. --Spenser. 2. Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part. Specifically: (a) (Bot.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses. (b) (Zo["o]l.) One of the elytra of an insect. {Medullary sheath}. (Anat.) See under {Medullary}. {Primitive sheath}. (Anat.) See {Neurilemma}. {Sheath knife}, a knife with a fixed blade, carried in a sheath. {Sheath of Schwann}. (Anat.) See {Schwann's sheath}.

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