Sabre
['seɪbə] or ['sebɚ]
Definition
(n.) A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.
(v. t.) To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber.
(n. & v.) See Saber.
Editor: Terence
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Written also Saber.] Cimeter, falchion, cavalry sword, dragoon's sword.
Editor: Whitney
Definition
n. a heavy one-edged sword slightly curved towards the point used by cavalry.—v.t. to wound or kill with a sabre.—ns. Sā′bre-bill a South American bird: a curlew; Sā′bre-fish the hair-tail or silver eel.—adj. Sā′bre-toothed having extremely long upper canine teeth.—n. Sā′bre-wing a humming-bird.
Editor: Nicolas
Examples
- He didn't have a sabre cut. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- On these occasions he wore his dress uniform, cocked hat, aiguillettes, sabre and spurs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There were also wild horses, and the sabre-toothed tiger still abounded. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With a sabre cut, I suppose, and a bandage around his head. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It may be that the early sub-man sometimes played jackal to the sabre-toothed tiger, and finished up the bodies on which the latter had gorged itself. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The sabre-toothed tiger was diminishing towards extinction. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Maurice sprang aside, just in time to avoid a slashing-down blow, and, turning on his foe, made a dash at him with his sabre. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They were armed with crooked sabres, having the hilt and baldric inlaid with gold, and matched with Turkish daggers of yet more costly workmanship. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A sort of rough court was constituted, and outside gathered a wild mob armed with sabres, pikes, and axes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A rude clattering of feet over the floor, and four rough men in red caps, armed with sabres and pistols, entered the room. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Editor: Solomon