 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sheath
noun
1: a protective covering for a knife or sword
2: an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or
plant organ or part [syn: {case}]
3: a dress suitable for formal occasions [syn: {cocktail dress}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sheath \Sheath\, noun [OE. schethe, AS. sc[=ae][eth],
sce['a][eth], sc[=e][eth]; akin to OS. sk[=e][eth]ia, D.
scheede, G. scheide, OHG. sceida, Sw. skida, Dan. skede,
Icel. skei[eth]ir, pl., and to E. shed, v.t., originally
meaning, to separate, to part. See {Shed}.]
1. A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or
other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
The dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew.
--Spenser.
2. Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part. Specifically:
(a) (Bot.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing
a stem or branch, as in grasses.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) One of the elytra of an insect.
{Medullary sheath}. (Anat.) See under {Medullary}.
{Primitive sheath}. (Anat.) See {Neurilemma}.
{Sheath knife}, a knife with a fixed blade, carried in a
sheath.
{Sheath of Schwann}. (Anat.) See {Schwann's sheath}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "sheath":
Leatherette, Leatheroid, case, casing, coat, cuticle, dermis,
encasement, fell, fleece, flesh, fur, furring, hide, imitation fur,
imitation leather, integument, jacket, leather, leather paper,
outer layer, outer skin, pelt, peltry, rawhide, rind, sheathing,
skin, skins, tegument, vair
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