Thesaurus: sheath

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1. n. A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
2. n. Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part.
3. n. The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
4. n. One of the elytra of an insect.
5. n. a protective covering (as for a knife or sword)
6. n. an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
7. n. a dress suitable for formal occasions
8. 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) (Zoöl.) 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.
9. n:100 n. a protective covering (as for a knife or sword) n. an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part