escalberc
Appearance
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from a Germanic language such as Frankish, from *skeran (“to cut”) + *bergan (“to protect”), as in "sword-protector."
Noun
[edit]escalberc oblique singular, m (oblique plural escalbers, nominative singular escalbers, nominative plural escalberc)
- scabbard (sheath for a sword)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- escalberc on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “scabbard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.