Crossword clues for sheathe
sheathe
- That woman has two articles to enclose
- Put one's sword away
- Put the sword away
- Stow, as a sword
- Stash, as a sword
- Replace, as one's sword
- Put in a sword holder
- Put in a scabbard
- Put in a protective cover
- Put away, as a saber
- Put away, as a hunting knife
- Put away, as a dagger
- Cover in a protective layer
- Conceal a weapon, in a way
- Encase, as a saber
- Stick in a case
- Put away, in a way
- Protect in a cover
- Cover a point?
- Put away, as a sword
- Cover point, he catches Cook
- Cover found in gamekeeper's heather
- Cover article supporting nut tree
- Enclose one magazine inside another
- Put away, he hates to reform
- Protect small moorland plant river washed away
- He hates arranging cover
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sheathe \Sheathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheating.] [Written also sheath.]
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To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.
The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes.
--Grew.'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now.
--Dryden. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath.
--Shak.To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.
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To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. [R.]
--Arbuthnot.To sheathe the sword, to make peace.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, "to furnish (a sword, etc.) with a sheath," from sheath; meaning "to put (a sword, etc.) in a sheath" is attested from early 15c. Related: Sheathed; sheathing.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To put something, such as a knife, into a sheath 2 To encase something with a protective covering
WordNet
v. cover with a protective sheathing; "sheathe her face"
enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword" [ant: unsheathe]
plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh
Usage examples of "sheathe".
Goth crowd sheathed their androgynous bodies mostly in black leather and velvet, with frilly white and black lace on several of the women.
Curtana are still sheathed in their scabbards in the Old Armoury, and the Old Armoury is in the South Wing.
When the boy stopped breathing, Ath wiped his blade upon the body and sheathed it.
Each carried two or three light javelins, and an atlatl tucked into a wide belt with a sheathed long-bladed knife.
He was even larger than the last time Bryson had seen him, though his avoirdupois was elegantly sheathed in a suit of navy cashmere, his bull neck flattered by the spread collar of one of his Turnbull happened.
His elven blade was sheathed at his side, his left hand carried a spear, and both riders wore helm and byrnie under their furs.
On the bed lay a tunic of russet wool, a new cloak, a pair of soft doeskin breeches, and a belt with a sheathed dagger and a pouch.
Then came the rerebraces that protected his upper arms, and the vambraces that sheathed his forearms, the espaliers to cover his shoulders and two more roundels that armoured his elbow joints.
Sheathing Fleam, Rol let his hands run across the stone, feeling for cracks and handholds.
At his back he felt the fourfold sheathed armor plate that had interstitial cells, energy-absorbing, filled with a substance hard as diamond when struck but fusible in a special way, since it possessed self-sealing properties.
I sheathed my sword, and, without troubling myself about him, got into my coach and drove back to Paris.
Then he pulled a stool over to the barrier that sheathed Keth and sat on it.
With that he lowered and sheathed his sword, and stared levelly at the head warrior until he had forced the man to blink.
Unexpectedly the fabric gave a little and Lome bobbed forward, bringing the flame in contact with the material sheathing Ben.
My only answer was to resume laying my sword upon the scoundrel, while the Frenchman was shewing the same dexterity upon the back of his companion, but the two cowards took to their heels, and there was nothing for us to do but to sheathe our weapons.