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Definition of Insheathe
1. v. t. To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe.
Definition of Insheathe
1. Verb. (archaic form of ensheathe) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Insheathe
1. [v -SHEATHED, -SHEATHING, -SHEATHES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insheathe
Literary usage of Insheathe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1882)
"... with the exception that a thin plate of bone has been given off inferiorly to
insheathe an imperfect tympanic cavity, taking the place, ..."
2. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller (1883)
"A final increase in the length of the tongue over that of the organs which
insheathe it is got by making the proximal part of the tongue coil twice round ..."
3. Elementary Palaeontology, Invertebrate by Henry Woods (1896)
"... so as to more or less completely insheathe it. These funnels are termed septal
necks (c); in nearly all the Nautiloidea they are directed backwards. ..."
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