Definition of "ensheathed" [ensheathed]

• Simple past tense and past participle of ensheathe. (verb)
• Enclosed in a sheath (adjective)

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• "As Auburn approached, Stamaty raised a warning hand ensheathed in a rubber glove."
• "It had been a night of iron frost and the tussocky pastures beyond the walls were held in a pitiless white grip with every blade of grass stiffly ensheathed in rime."
• "There were no pikes in evidence, but each man wore a sword and long dagger ensheathed upon his belt, and their features looked hard in the light of guttering tapers mounted at odd intervals upon the stone walls."