Carbine
/ˈkɑɹ.bin/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A rifle with a short barrel.
""Caught at last, and by those rascally Roundheads, whom you call patriots and saints, in a few minutes more I shall be shot—that is, if their clumsy carbines take good aim—to be sure they can fire near enough their mark not to miss..."
- 2 light automatic rifle wordnet
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More examples""Caught at last, and by those rascally Roundheads, whom you call patriots and saints, in a few minutes more I shall be shot—that is, if their clumsy carbines take good aim—to be sure they can fire near enough their mark not to miss..."
Etymology
Ca. 1600, from French carabine. Doublet of carabine.