Sabrage

//səˈbɹɑːʒ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The usually ceremonial technique of opening a bottle, typically of champagne, by slicing off the bottle's neck with a sabre. uncountable

Etymology

From French sabrage. By surface analysis, sabre + -age.

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