Usually means: Covers protecting or enclosing structures.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. sheaths: Merriam-Webster
  2. sheaths: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sheaths: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sheaths: Vocabulary.com
  5. sheaths: Wordnik
  6. sheaths: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. sheaths: Wiktionary
  8. sheaths: Dictionary.com
  9. sheaths: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. sheaths: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Dress King Fashion Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. sheaths: Legal dictionary

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  1. sheaths: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sheaths: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. sheaths: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sheath)

noun:  A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
noun:  (by extension) Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.
noun:  (botany) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.
noun:  (electrical engineering) The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
noun:  (entomology) One of the elytra of an insect.
noun:  (fashion) A tight-fitting dress.
noun:  (zoology) The foreskin of certain animals (for example, dogs and horses).
noun:  (British, informal) A condom.
verb:  Alternative spelling of sheathe [(transitive) To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.]
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