Eventually, he returned the sword to its sheath.
Source: tatoeba (783751)
Sheath
//ʃiːθ//
Synonyms for "sheath" (74 found)
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Translations
53 translations across 23 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- mill noun (long case)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κέλυφος noun (long case)
Catalan
3 entries- beina noun (foreskin of certain animals)
- embolcall noun (long case)
- folre noun (tight-fitting dress)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 包皮 noun (foreskin of certain animals)
Dutch
1 entries- huls noun (long case)
Esperanto
1 entries- ingo noun (long case)
Finnish
4 entries- kotelomekko noun (tight-fitting dress)
- suojus noun (long case)
- tuppi noun (long case)
- tuppi noun (foreskin of certain animals)
French
4 entries- fourreau noun (tight-fitting dress)
- gaine noun (long case)
- gaine noun (insulating outer cover of an electrical cable)
- robe fourreau noun (tight-fitting dress)
German
4 entries- Etuikleid noun (tight-fitting dress)
- Futteral noun (long case)
- Hülle noun (long case)
- Hülle noun (insulating outer cover of an electrical cable)
Hebrew
1 entries- נרתיק noun (long case)
Hungarian
4 entries- Bergmann cső noun (insulating outer cover of an electrical cable)
- borítás noun (insulating outer cover of an electrical cable)
- burkolat noun (insulating outer cover of an electrical cable)
- szigetelés noun (insulating outer cover of an electrical cable)
Ingrian
2 entries- hoodra noun (long case)
- tuppi noun (long case)
Italian
2 entries- guaina noun (long case)
- prepuzio noun (foreskin of certain animals)
Latin
1 entries- vāgīna noun (long case)
Latvian
1 entries- maksts noun (long case)
Macedonian
1 entries- футро́ла noun (long case)
Polish
1 entries- puzdro noun (foreskin of certain animals)
Portuguese
2 entries- prepúcio noun (foreskin of certain animals)
- revestimento noun (long case)
Russian
1 entries- футля́р noun (long case)
Spanish
4 entries- cubierta exterior noun (insulating outer cover of an electrical cable)
- envoltura noun (long case)
- envoltura exterior noun (insulating outer cover of an electrical cable)
- funda exterior noun (insulating outer cover of an electrical cable)
Swedish
4 entries- fodral noun (long case)
- fodral noun (tight-fitting dress)
- fodralklänning noun (tight-fitting dress)
- hölje noun (insulating outer cover of an electrical cable)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vỏ noun (long case)
Yiddish
1 entries- שייד noun (long case)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Iaido is a form of swordsmanship in which one strikes down an attacking opponent with one blow of the sword quickly drawn out of its sheath, whether the practitioner is sitting or walking.
Source: tatoeba (1016923)
Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not wish to recall, there lived not long ago a nobleman. To his name he had a lance in its sheath, an old leather buckler, a scrawny workhorse and a greyhound that scurried about.
Source: tatoeba (4736640)
A sheath for a sword is a scabbard.
Source: tatoeba (4763873)
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