Sabre SABRE, n. A sword or cimitar with a broad and heavy blade,
thick at the back, and a little falcated or hooked at the point; a
faulchion. SABER, v.t. To strike, cut or kill with a saber. A
small party was surprised at night and almost every man sabered.
sabre
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]
sabre n. & v. (US saber) --n. 1 a cavalry sword with a curved blade. 2 a cavalry soldier and horse. 3 a light fencing-sword with a tapering blade. --v.tr. cut down or wound with a
sabre. Phrases and idioms: sabre-bill any S. American bird of the genus Campylorhamphus with a long curved bill. sabre-cut 1 a blow with a sabre. 2 a wound made or a scar left by
this. sabre-rattling a display or threat of military force. sabre-toothed designating any of various extinct mammals having long sabre-shaped upper canines. sabre-wing a S. American humming-bird,
Campylopterus falcatus, with curved wings. Etymology: F, earlier sable f. G Sabel, Säbel, Schabel f. Pol. szabla or Magyar szablya
sabre
ˈseɪbə n. & v. (US saber) --n. 1 a cavalry sword with a curved
blade. 2 a cavalry soldier and horse. 3 a light fencing-sword with a tapering
blade. --v.tr. cut down or wound with a sabre. øsabre-bill any S. American
bird of the genus Campylorhamphus with a long curved bill. sabre-cut 1 a
blow with a sabre. 2 a wound made or a scar left by this. sabre-rattling
a display or threat of military force. sabre-toothed designating any of
various extinct mammals having long sabre-shaped upper canines. sabre-wing
a S. American humming-bird, Campylopterus falcatus, with curved wings. [F,
earlier sable f. G Sabel, Säbel, Schabel f. Pol. szabla or Magyar szablya]
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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