Definition of "unsheathed" []

• Present participle of unsheathe. (verb)

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• "Mohammedan sword was again unsheathed; for fresh in their memories were the terrible atrocities perpetrated during the former uprising, which was one long intermittent period of bloodshed and pillage lasting from 1861 to 1874, both parties, however, assenting to a cessation of hostilities each year during seedtime and harvest."
• "He had his sword unsheathed, but apparently there was no one left to use it on."
• "Sabin moved to the side of the ship, his shield on his left arm, his sword unsheathed in his right hand."