1 a cover that fits closely over the blade of a knife or other sharp weapon or tool:
He put the dagger back in its sheath.
2 any protective covering that fits closely over sth:
the sheath around an electric cable
3 (BrE) = CONDOM
4 a woman's dress that fits the body closely:
a simple black silk sheath
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for sheath is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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