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guaina — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • boot noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  • scabbard noun A protective sheath for a sword or similar blade.
  • sheath noun A close-fitting cover that protects a blade, such as a sword or knife.
  • vagina noun The muscular passage in female mammals that connects the vulva to the uterus, used in sex and childbirth.

Senses

guaina is used for these senses in English:

  • Bowden cable A flexible cable used to transmit mechanical force by the movement of an inner cable (most commonly of steel) relative to a hollow outer housing.
  • boot (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
  • scabbard The sheath of a sword.
  • vagina (botany) A sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.

boot — full definition

  1. noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  2. noun The luggage storage compartment of a car (British English); called a "trunk" in American English.
  3. noun A device clamped to a car's wheel to immobilize it, usually for unpaid fines (also called a wheel clamp).
  4. verb To kick something or someone.
  5. verb To dismiss or eject someone.
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