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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sheathing

/shēth'-ĭng/ · Sheath·ing · IPA /ˈʃiːðɪŋ/
01 p. pr. & a. Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.
  1. 1.
    Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.
02 n. That which sheathes.
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    That which sheathes.(Arch.)