The neck is clothed with a very strong fibrous sheath.    From LearnThat.org.  [www.yourdictionary.com]

Most likely, the term sheath is just another case of your typical Texan malapropism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference

It got pinched and the protective sheath is broken.    From Wordnik.com.  [Intelligence has no accent] Reference

Wreathes of cables the myelin sheath of a once-living machine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hoops « A Fly in Amber] Reference

She slid the sheath from the short sword and swiped toward him.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Change of Seasons]

This sheath is super important, acting like a grease covering your nerves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Wellness for Writerly Wrists] Reference

The word sheath is printed for sheaf of MS., and sheaf recurs in corrections.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes] Reference

Then the vessels are cut and the external sheath is resected from the ends of the vessels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture] Reference

As for aftermarket sheaths ... idk about this one, the standard nylon sheath is the best that I've seen so far.    From Wordnik.com.  [What are your thoughts on the Ka-Bar USMC fighting knife. What is the best blade length?] Reference

Its claws are massive, strongly curved and, with their external keratin sheath, would have reached 75 mm in length.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

This sheath is made from the skin of a 100 % American steer that was 100% dead by the time they finished skinning it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Good Knives Need Good Sheaths] Reference

The guinea pig was tapping his sword sheath impatiently.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Time of the Transference]

“She’s our commander in sheath,” the magazine said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference

Thou art called the sheath within which the universe lies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference

The Kielmark adjusted his sword sheath, and shook his head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shadowfane]

( "Maybe Lalaith can die and come back as a sword sheath?").    From Wordnik.com.  [D&D] Reference

Each canal contains a mucous sheath, which is reflected on the contained tendons.    From Wordnik.com.  [IV. Myology. 7e. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Forearm] Reference

The riches of satrapies were in the rubies and topazes on sword sheath and baldric.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Victor of Salamis] Reference

One of them tripped; the clattering of his sword sheath broke the unnerving stillness.    From Wordnik.com.  [ABC News: Top Stories] Reference

Perhaps worst of all, they note, Yi holds the sword sheath in his right hand, which in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [latimes.com - News] Reference

Le said warningly as Caris dropped from the saddle and pulled his sword sheath from his sash.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silent Tower]

Does not the verse clank and chime like sword sheath on spur, like the bits of champing horses?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essays in Little] Reference

The sheath is a flat square - about three inches on each side - that is made of doubled-up leather.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red Sneaker Diaries] Reference

Shamed by the cowardice, he moved on without stopping to recover the sword sheath and buckler from the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stormwarden]

I had shortened the straps of the sword sheath, hitching it high, the hilt now before my left shoulder, under the cloak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Renegades Of Gor]

The standard sheath is leather.    From Wordnik.com.  [does Kabar still make the Marine fighting knife? where can I find one?] Reference

It is carried in a sheath which is held at the wearer's right side by a girdle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference

They didn ` t say what was in that sheath, but he had some kind of sheath strapped to his leg.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2008] Reference

HITS A leather sheath is included.    From Wordnik.com.  [Field Test: Fishing Pliers] Reference

The = volva = forms a prominent sheath which is usually quite soft and easily collapses (Fig. 77).    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

A little awkward in this kind of sheath in which he found himself for the first time.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Distinguished Provincial at Paris] Reference

The Air is a lithe sheath of aluminum so slim that it can slide under my office door.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Skinny on the MacBook Air] Reference

(Julia Roberts poses slightly more modestly on her cover, in a see-through lace-paneled sheath.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Doesn't Anybody Just Say No?] Reference