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