sheathlessadj.
/ˈʃiːθlɪs/ 1. Of a sword, etc.: Not encased in a sheath.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [adjective] > lacking sheath or scabbard
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chapelessa1616
sheathless1717
1717 L. Eusden in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses iv. 108 She..saw his sheathless sword.
1816 Ld. Byron Parisina x, in Siege of Corinth 70 A thousand swords had sheathless shone.
1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. xiv. 39 Francis took up his sheathless sword.
2. Natural History. Having no sheath.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > outer covering > having no sheath
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1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 192 Tentacles laminated, non-retractile, sheathless.
1910 D. W. Thompson tr. Aristotle Hist. Animalium I. 5 Some are coleopterous or sheath-winged,..others are sheathless.
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