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Meaning of 'sheath' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sheath [ n.]
- A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
- Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part.
- The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
- One of the elytra of an insect.

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