sheath
English

Electrical cable diagram

Campbell Brown of CNN in a sheath dress
Alternative forms
- sheathe (Verb)
Etymology
From Middle English sheth, shethe, schethe, from Old English sċēaþ, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz, possibly from a root skaiþ- ("split, divide"), related to *skaiþaną (“separate”). Cognate with Dutch schede, Low German scheed, German Scheide, Danish skede, Norwegian skjede, Icelandic skeið.
Pronunciation
- enPR: shēth, IPA(key): /ʃiːθ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːθ
Noun
sheath (plural sheaths)
- A scabbard; a holster for a sword.
- Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard for a sword that is for the purpose of holding an object that is longer than it is wide; a case.
- The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
- A tight-fitting dress.
- (Britain) A condom.
- The foreskin of certain animals, e.g. dogs and horses.
- The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
- One of the elytra of an insect.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
scabbard
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long case
insulating outer cover of an electrical cable
tight-fitting dress
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condom — see condom
foreskin of certain animals
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Pronunciation
- enPR: shēth, IPA(key): /ʃiːð/
- Rhymes: -iːð
Verb
sheath (third-person singular simple present sheaths, present participle sheathing, simple past and past participle sheathed)
- To put an object (especially a weapon, in particular, a sword) into its sheath.
- John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
- But when his foe lies prostrate on the plain, / He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane, / And pleased with bloodless honours of the day, / Walks over and disdains th' inglorious prey.
- John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
Antonyms
Translations
put (a sword) into its sheath
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put (an object) into its sheath
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Further reading
- sheath in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sheath in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
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