Scabbard \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
conceal. Cf. Hauberk.]
The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
kept; a sheath.
Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
--Fairfax.
Scabbard fish (Zo["o]l.), a long, compressed,
silver-colored t[ae]nioid fish (Lepidopus caudatus, or
argyreus), found on the European coasts, and more
abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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