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10 definitions found for Saber
Saber SABER,
saber n 1: a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle [syn: saber, sabre] 2: a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back [syn: cavalry sword, saber, sabre] v 1: cut or injure with a saber [syn: sabre, saber] 2: kill with a saber [syn: saber, sabre]
saber sabre barse
saber 1680, from Fr. sabre "heavy, curved sword," alteration of sable, from Ger. Sabel, from a Slavic source (cf. Rus. sablya, Polish szabla "sword, saber").
saber I. noun or sabre Etymology: French sabre, modification of German dialect Sabel, from Middle High German, probably of Slavic origin; akin to Russian sablya saber Date: 1680 1. a cavalry sword with a curved blade, thick back, and guard 2. a. a light fencing or dueling sword having an arched guard that covers the back of the hand and a tapering flexible blade with a full cutting edge along one side and a partial cutting edge on the back at the tip — compare epee, foil b. the sport of fencing with the saber II. transitive verb or sabre (sabered or sabred; sabering or sabring) Date: 1790 to strike, cut, or kill with a saber
saber
saber see sabre
saber ˈseɪbə US var. of SABRE.
Saber Sa"ber, Sabre Sa"bre, n. [F. sabre, G. s["a]bel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. sz['a]blya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked, curved.] A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. Saber fish, or Sabre fish (Zo["o]l.), the cutlass fish.
Saber Sa"ber, Sabre Sa"bre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saberedor Sabred; p. pr. & vb. n. Sabering or Sabring.] [Cf. F. sabrer.] To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber. You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission. --Burke. |
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