ensheathe
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- insheathe (archaic)
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ensheathe (third-person singular simple present ensheathes, present participle ensheathing, simple past and past participle ensheathed)
- (transitive) To cover with or as if with a sheath.
- 1858, Edward Hughes, Reading Lessons:
- Each filament of combustible pulp is ensheathed in an isolating tube, and these tubes are then bound into cable-like trunks.