scabbard

A sheath, as for a dagger, sword, or rifle.

To put into or furnish with such a sheath.

A mangy, scabby person.

In printing, a scale-board.

A sheath; especially, a sheath for a sword or other similar weapon.

To sheathe, as a sword.

To provide with a scabbard or sheath; make a sheath for.

To put in a scabbard.

The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.

a long, compressed, silver-colored tænioid fish (Lepidopus argyreus syn. Lepidopus caudatus), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.