Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a sword-scabbard, the inner part of the mouthpiece, which holds the lining in place.
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- noun
metal lining of ascabbard 'smouth
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Examples
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She held her mouth slitted open in anguish so that in Inman's mind it resembled the sputcheon to a sword scabbard.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003
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She held her mouth slitted open in anguish so that in Inman's mind it resembled the sputcheon to a sword scabbard.
Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997
jmjarmstrong commented on the word sputcheon
JM is just plain happy there is the word ‘sputcheon’ that he can draw upon
April 10, 2009