Sabre

//ˈseɪ.bə// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point. Canada, UK

    "Jewan Sadit, who ſtood before the prince, obſerving his youthful temerity, threw himſelf between him and danger, and with a nervous arm, wielding a ſharp ſabre, of the hard tempered ſteel of Damiſk, ruſhing upon the tyger, he ſtruck him acroſs the forehead."

  2. 2
    a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back wordnet
  3. 3
    A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre. Canada, UK
  4. 4
    a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To strike or kill with a sabre. Canada, UK, transitive
  2. 2
    kill with a saber wordnet
  3. 3
    To open (a bottle) via sabrage. Canada, UK, transitive
  4. 4
    cut or injure with a saber wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
cavalry swordcavalry swordepeesabersabersaber

Example

More examples

"Help me! he repeated while waving his sabre."

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula.

Related phrases

false sabre-toothed catrattle a sabrerattle one's sabrerattle the sabresabre carpsabre legsabre rattlesabre rattlingsabre sawsabre-rattlesabre-rattlingsabre-tooth

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