sheath

English

Alternative forms

• sheathe obsolete

Pronunciation

• enPR: shēth, IPA: /ʃiːθ/, X-SAMPA: /Si:T/
• Rhymes: -iːθ

Etymology

From Middle English s(c)heth(e), from Old English scēaþ, 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.

Noun

sheath (plural sheaths)

1. A scabbard; a holster for a sword.
2. 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.
3. A tight-fitting dress.
4. (UK) A condom.
5. The foreskin of certain animals, e.g. dogs and horses.

Synonyms

• (scabbard): scabbard
• (long case):
  • case
  • casing
  • cover
  • covering
  • envelope
• (tight-fitting dress):
• See also Wikisaurus:condom

Related terms

• sheathe
• heliosheath
• resheath, resheathe
• unsheath, unsheathe

Translations

scabbard

• Arabic: غمد (ar) (ġimd) m
• Armenian: պատյան (hy) (patyan)
• Aromanian: teacã (rup) f
• Catalan: beina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刀鞘 (cmn) (dāoqiào)

• Czech: pochva (cs) f
• Danish: skede (da)
• Dutch: schede (nl) f
• Esperanto: glavingo (eo)
• Finnish: tuppi (fi), huotra (fi)
• French: fourreau (fr) m
• German: Scheide (de) f
• Greek: θηκάρι (el) (thikári) n, θήκη (el) (thíki) f
• Hebrew: נדן (he) (nadan) m, נרתיק (he) (nartik) m
• Italian: fodero (it) m

• Japanese: 鞘 (ja) (さや, saya)
• Korean: 칼집 (ko) (kaljip)
• Latin: vāgīna (la) f
• Latvian: maksts (lv) f
• Low German: scheed (nds)
• Macedonian: канија (mk) (kánija) f, корица (mk) (kórica) f, ножница (mk) (nóžnica) f
• Norwegian: slire (no) m and f, skjede (no) m
• Polish: pochwa (pl) f
• Portuguese: bainha (pt) f
• Romanian: teacă (ro) f
• Russian: ножны (ru) (nóžny) f pl
• Scottish Gaelic: fraighe (gd) f, cochall (gd) m, faighean (gd) m, duille-sgeine (gd) f
• Spanish: vaina (es) f
• Swedish: balja (sv) c, slida (sv) c, skida (sv) c
• Turkish: kın (tr)
• Yiddish: שייד (yi) (sheyd) f

long case

• Catalan: embolcall (ca) m
• Dutch: huls (nl) f
• Finnish: tuppi (fi), suojus (fi)
• French: gaine (fr) f (for a knife), étui (fr) m
• German: Hülle (de) f, Futteral (de) n
• Hebrew: נרתיק (he) (nartik) m
• Italian: guaina (it) f

• Latvian: maksts (lv) f
• Macedonian: футрола (mk) (futróla) f
• Russian: футляр (ru) (futljár) m
• Spanish: envoltura (es) f
• Swedish: fodral (sv) n
• Vietnamese: vỏ (vi)
• Yiddish: שייד (yi) (sheyd) f

tight-fitting dress

• Finnish: kotelomekko (fi)

• Swedish: fodral (sv) n, fodralklänning (sv) c

condom — see condom

foreskin of certain animals

• Catalan: prepuci (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: simpl. 包皮

• Finnish: tuppi (fi)

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• Mandarin: 鞘 (cmn) (qiào)

• Ancient Greek: ἔλυτρον
• Latin: vagina (la) f

Pronunciation

• enPR: shēth, IPA: /ʃiːð/, X-SAMPA: /Si:D/
• Rhymes: -iːð

Verb

sheath (third-person singular simple present sheathes, present participle sheathing, simple past and past participle sheathed)

1. To put an object (especially a weapon, in particular, a sword) into its sheath.

Antonyms

• unsheath

Derived terms

• resheath
• resheathe

Translations

put (a sword) into its sheath

• Catalan: embeinar (ca)
• Dutch: in de schede steken, terugtrekken  (nl)
• French: mettre au fourreau

• Japanese: (phrase) 鞘に収める (ja) (sayani osameru)
• Russian: вкладывать в ножны (vkládyvat’ v nóžny)
• Spanish: envainar (es)

put (an object) into its sheath

• Catalan: embeinar (ca)
• Dutch: in de schede steken
• French: rengainer (weapon)

• Russian: класть в футляр (klást’ v futljár)
• Spanish: envainar (es)

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• Mandarin: 對鞘, 对鞘(duìqiào); 覆蓋, 覆盖 (fùgài)
• German: umhüllen
• Italian: inguainare
• Spanish: forrar

External links

• sheath in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• sheath in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• heaths