ppl. a. (UN-1 8, or f. prec.)
1562. in Strype, Stow’s Surv. (1720), II. 307/1. No Man shall go in the Streets … with Bow bent,… nor with Sword unscabber’d.
1804. Larwood, No Gun Boats, 37. The unscabbarded sword of the bombastic Invader.
ppl. a. (UN-1 8, or f. prec.)
1562. in Strype, Stow’s Surv. (1720), II. 307/1. No Man shall go in the Streets … with Bow bent,… nor with Sword unscabber’d.
1804. Larwood, No Gun Boats, 37. The unscabbarded sword of the bombastic Invader.
