\Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
conceal. Cf. {Hauberk}.]
The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
kept; a sheath.
      Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
                                               --Fairfax.
{Scabbard fish} (Zo["o]l.), a long, compressed,
   silver-colored t[ae]nioid fish ({Lepidopus caudatus, or
   argyreus}), found on the European coasts, and more
   abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
   {frostfish} and considered an excellent food fish.

\Scab"bard\, v. t.
To put in a scabbard.