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scabbard (n.)
c.1300, from Anglo-French
*escauberc
"sheath, vagina" (13c.), probably from Frankish
*skar
"blade" (cf. Old High German
scar
"scissors, blade, sword") +
*berg-
"protect" (cf. Old High German
bergan
"to protect").
