half-scabbard

Updated: May 3, 2025

His gee-string was decorated with a belt of white shells, the long free end hanging down in front, and he had his bolo, like the rest of his people, in a half-scabbard that is, kept by two straps on a strip of wood, shaped like a scabbard.

Cornélis de Witt Willcox - The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon