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单词 scabbardless
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scabbardlessadj.

Etymology: -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscabbardless.
Lacking a scabbard.
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sheathless1717
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1775/1 Had not a skaberdlesse [1587 scaberdles] sword about one of the souldiers..thrust him almost through the foote.
1823 W. Scott Peveril II. xi. 297 The scabbardless sword which lay on the floor, and the empty sheath which hung by Sir Geoffrey's side.
1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 3 His grandfather's scabbardless sword.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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