Found 2 items, similar to sheath knife.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sheath knife
sheath knife
n : a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath [syn:
case knife]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sheath knife
Sheath
\Sheath\, n. [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.
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The dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew.
--Spenser.
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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.
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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.
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