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Sabre

//ˈseɪ.bə// noun, verb

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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