- Place into scabbard - Put away sword - Retract (claw) - To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or
cover with, or as with, a sheath or case. - To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. - To case or cover with something which protects, as thin
boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with
copper. - To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp
particles.