variants
or less commonly sheath
sheathed; sheathing
1
: to put into or furnish with a sheath
2
: to plunge or bury (a weapon, such as a sword) in flesh
3
: to withdraw (a claw) into a sheath
4
: to case or cover with something (such as sheets of metal) that protects
Examples of sheathe in a Sentence
sometimes shipbuilders sheathe a ship's bottom with copper for extra protection from barnacles and other threats
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In 1779, the Royal Navy sheathed its entire fleet with copper and, two years later, three quarters of British slave-ships had their hulls wrapped in copper sheeting.
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Corinne Fowler / Made By History, TIME, 17 June 2024
Some of this metal was embedded into the mortar joints of the chimney, and the rest of the flashing was attached to the wooden roof sheathing.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2024
Toranaga has already sheathed his sword, however, and uses his scabbard to knock the dying assassin back into a zen rock garden.
—Jesse Raub, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
Their faces sheathed in balaclavas, the invaders burst into the studio of TC Television network, Ecuador’s public television channel, in the port city of Guayaquil and brandished large guns as staffers huddled on the floor, Reuters reported.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2024
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Corinne Fowler / Made By History, TIME, 17 June 2024
Some of this metal was embedded into the mortar joints of the chimney, and the rest of the flashing was attached to the wooden roof sheathing.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2024
Toranaga has already sheathed his sword, however, and uses his scabbard to knock the dying assassin back into a zen rock garden.
—Jesse Raub, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
Their faces sheathed in balaclavas, the invaders burst into the studio of TC Television network, Ecuador’s public television channel, in the port city of Guayaquil and brandished large guns as staffers huddled on the floor, Reuters reported.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2024
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“Sheathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheathe. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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sheathe
verb
sheathed; sheathing
1
: to put into a sheath
sheathe your sword
2
: to cover with something that protects
sheathe a ship's bottom with copper
sheather
noun
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