sheath
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sheath/ʃiːθ/
▶noun (pl. sheaths /ʃiːðz, ʃiːθs/)
- 1 a cover for the blade of a knife or sword.
- 2 a structure in living tissue which closely envelops another.
- 3 a protective covering around an electric cable.
- 4 chiefly Brit. a condom.
- 5 (also sheath dress) a close-fitting dress.
'sheath' also found in these Oxford entries:
adventitia
- bark
- capsule
- case knife
- coleopteran
- coleoptile
- coleus
- condom
- Durex
- elytron
- ensheath
- fascia
- follicle
- fur
- ganglion
- grip
- husk
- intima
- invagination
- ligule
- media
- myelin
- neurofibroma
- node of Ranvier
- perimysium
- perineurium
- put
- Rawlplug
- rotator cuff
- sarcolemma
- sarong
- scabbard
- sheathbill
- sheathe
- sheath knife
- shed
- theca
- tunica
- unsheathe
- vagina
- vanilla
