Sabrelike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling a sabre

    "ABOUT 15 years ago I witnessed a 500-pound bluefin flown in from Montauk fetch $50,000 wholesale and watched it being cut with a lengthy sabrelike steel blade into tapering vertical quarters."

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"ABOUT 15 years ago I witnessed a 500-pound bluefin flown in from Montauk fetch $50,000 wholesale and watched it being cut with a lengthy sabrelike steel blade into tapering vertical quarters."

Etymology

From sabre + -like.

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