n, pl  sheaths   1  :  an investing cover or case of a plant or animal body or body part: as  a  :  the tubular fold of skin into which the penis of many mammals is retracted  b  :  the connective tissue of an organ or part that binds together its component elements and holds it in place  2  :  CONDOM 1 sheathed adj 
 
 
 
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