pilcher

noun — 2 senses

pilcher

noun

/ˈpɪlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Etymology From pilch + -er.

1

Obsolete One who wears a pilch.

2

Obsolete A scabbard, as of a sword.

  • MERCUTIO: Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the ears?c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

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