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Webster 1913 Edition

Sabre

{

Sa′ber

,

Sa′bre

}
,
Noun.
[F.
sabre
, G.
säbel
; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung.
száblya
, Pol.
szabla
, Russ.
sabla
, and L. Gr.
ζαβόσ
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
(Zool.)
,
the cutlass fish.
{

Sa′ber

,

Sa′bre

}
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sabered
or
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.

Sa′bre

,
Noun.
&
Verb.
See
Saber
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sabre

SABRE

,
Noun.
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.

Definition 2024

Sâbre

Sâbre

See also: sabre and sabré

Norman

Proper noun

Lé Sâbre m

  1. (Jersey, astronomy) Orion's Sword

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