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sheathe (verb), sheathes; sheathed; sheathing
To place something into a close fitting or protective covering: The man sheathed his hunting knife into a leather case that he had on his belt.
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sheathing (s) (noun), sheathings (pl)
A protective casing or covering: The movie showed the swordsmen carrying their weapons in their sheathings.

The carpenters placed the first sheathing of plywood on the outside of the house they were building before they put the final sheathings on.

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