carbineer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of carbineer
First recorded in 1795–1805; earlier carabineer; see carbine, -eer
Example Sentences
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A carbineer also fired after him from the saddle, but Hallam rode on unscathed in his half-crazed night, leaving his deserted men gazing after him, astounded.
From Ailsa Paige by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Upon the hill a single vedette stood motionless, a carbineer named Schenkel.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar
The carbineer, Burgess, 10th troop, Captain Hallam, was foolhardy to attempt the bridge without orders.
From Ailsa Paige by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Beyond certain well-known limits the hardiest carbineer never crossed; and it was well known that he who crossed that frontier came as fugitive, and not as foe.
From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Lever, Charles James
Out of the fiery tunnel came tearing his terrified horse, riderless; out of the billowing, ruddy vapours reeled Berkley, dragging the carbineer.
From Ailsa Paige by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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