sheath
Opposite of
unsheath
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃiːθ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English sheth, shethe (“holder for a sword, knife, etc., scabbard, sheath”) [and other forms], from Old English sċēaþ (“sheath”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþiju, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz (“sheath; covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect, split”) (possibly from the notion of a split stick with a sword inserted). The English word is cognate with Danish skede, Dutch schede, Icelandic skeið, German Scheide, Low German scheed, Norwegian skjede.
pussy can
American letter
American sock
cock-sock
knife sheath
protective covering
lead-covered
crust tyre
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