sheathe > define

verb

• Cover with a protective sheathing.
  • usage: "sheathe her face"
• Enclose with a sheath.
  • usage: "sheathe a sword"
• Plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh. .

• (v.t.) To put into a sheath, case or scabbard; to inclose or cover with or as with, a sheath or case.
• (v.t.) To fit or furnish, as with a sheath.
• (v.t.) To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.
• (v.t.) To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances or sharp particles.