Scab″bard (?), n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. skālpr 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(Zoöl.), a long, compressed, silver-colored tænioid fish (Lepidopus caudatus, orargyreus), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.