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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 278 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCABBARD , the sheath of a See also:

sword. The See also:early forms of the word given in the Promptorium parvulorum are scauberk, scaubert or scauberd. The termination is certainly from the See also:Teutonic See also:bergen, to protect, as seen in " hauberk," " hawberk " (i.e. halsberg), literally a See also:protection for the See also:neck and shoulders, hence the " See also:long See also:tunic of See also:mail " of the r 2th See also:century (see ARMS AND See also:ARMOUR). The first See also:part is doubtful; See also:Skeat takes it as representing the O. Fr. escale, mod. ecaille, See also:shell, Ger. Schale; the word would therefore mean an See also:outer sheath or shell that covers or protects.

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