sheathy

English

Etymology

From sheath +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːθi/

Adjective

sheathy (comparative more sheathy, superlative most sheathy)

1. Forming or resembling a sheath or case.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     with a needle put aside the short and sheathy cases on their back

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sheathy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)