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Definition of Scabbards
1. scabbard [v] - See also: scabbard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scabbards
Literary usage of Scabbards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar by Thomas Rice Holmes (1907)
"... may be studied on many other objects scabbards besides those which have been
already mentioned. Though British swords of the Early Iron Age are rare, ..."
2. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments: Of Great Britain and by John Evans (1881)
"scabbards AND CHAPES. ALTHOUGH the sheaths which protected the daggers and swords
described in the preceding chapters consisted probably for the most part ..."
3. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities in the Museum of the Royal Irish by Royal Irish Academy Museum, William Robert Wilde (1863)
"there is every reason to believe, served as terminal decorations as well as
ferules to the scabbards of our broad-leafed swords; although differing widely ..."
4. The Power of Truth: Individual Problems and Possibilities by William George Jordan (1902)
"C. The philosophy of swords and scabbards is as true of nations as of individuals.
When France committed the great crime of the nineteenth century, ..."
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