scabbard UK /ˈskæb.əd/US /ˈskæb.ɚd/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •The sheath of a sword.I had had to discard my rifle before I commenced the rapid descent of the cliff, so that now I was armed only with a hunting knife, and this I whipped from its scabbard as Kho leaped toward me. — 1918 verb1 •To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre. formsscabbarded · scabbarding · scabbards