Scabbard
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A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword, dagger, knife, or similar edged weapons. Rifles and other long guns may also be stored in scabbards by horse riders for transportation. Military cavalry and
An elaborate Celtic scabbard in two colours of bronze, c. 1 to 200 AD
A 1916 leather scabbard for a saddle lever-action rifle of Jack Peters, a ranch hand who worked on the Grant-Kohrs Ranch in Powell County, Montana
Bronze scabbard fitting from a Roman gladius, c. 40-250 AD
Princely Mughal sabre with jewelled scabbard
Baldric
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A baldric is a belt worn over one shoulder that is typically used to carry a weapon or other implement such as a bugle or drum. The word may also refer to any belt in general, but this usage is poetic
A cavalryman wearing a mail shirt with a baldric over his right shoulder, from the Roman Tropaeum Traiani, built 109 AD in the area of present-day Romania.
A drum major of the United States' III Marine Expeditionary Forces Band is pictured wearing a baldric in 2019
The Marching Illini Drumline with double baldrics