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noun

sheath

a protective covering (as for a knife or sword)

In a sentence

Six example sentences with sheath, each labelled with its topic.

  • Each boning blade travels to the market in a magnetic sheath so nothing snags inside the chef's canvas roll.

    Cooking

  • The tutorial rewards you for returning the borrowed dagger to its sheath before speaking with the temple guard.

    Gaming

  • Bronze Age burials often held a decorated sheath long after the iron inside it had crumbled into rust.

    History

  • Each nerve fiber is wrapped in a fatty sheath called myelin, and signals slow to a crawl where it wears away.

    Medicine

  • The fiber's glass core sits inside a plastic sheath that keeps moisture out and lets the cable bend without cracking.

    Technology

  • Volunteers strip the plastic sheath off old wire before recycling, since bare copper fetches a far better price.

    Environment

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