scabbard• His straightheavy sword hung in a gildedscabbard by his royalblue saddle-cloth that was embroidered with the King's cipher.• He held both of them for a moment before turning to Ian and presenting him with a sword drawn from its scabbard.• A few of the mountsshifted their feet; here and there a riderslid his sword back and forth in its scabbard.• He slipped his knife into its scabbard.• Down the line, swords hissed out of oiledscabbards.• Chun had put his sword back into the scabbard and turned to a political solution.• He hefted the dead man's sword, then strapped the scabbard to his waist, over his heavy furs.• McGann, smooth as a velvetscabbard.