sabre

A British 1796 pattern light cavalry sabre

Meanings

Noun

  • A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
  • A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

Verb

Origin

  • Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля, Serbo-Croatian сабља.

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