scabbard

The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap. n

The metal plate or tip which protects the end of a scabbard, belt, etc.

a chape, as of a scabbard.

A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish (Lepidotus) valued as a food fish.

That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard.