sheath.
A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
Meaning & usage
A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.
The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.
The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
One of the elytra of an insect.
A tight-fitting dress.
The foreskin of certain animals (for example, dogs and horses).
A condom.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sheth, shethe (“holder for a sword, knife, etc., scabbard, sheath”) [and other forms], from Old English sċēaþ (“sheath”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþiju, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz (“sheath; covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect, split”) (possibly from the notion of a split stick with a sword inserted). The English word is cognate with Danish skede, Dutch schede, Icelandic skeið, German Scheide, Low German scheed, Norwegian skjede.
Obsolete spelling of sheathe.
Where this word comes from
A variant of sheathe.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.