sabre

[ sey-ber ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

, sa·bred, sa·bring.

1. saber.

sabre

/ ˈseɪbə /

noun

1. a stout single-edged cavalry sword, having a curved blade
2. a sword used in fencing, having a narrow V-shaped blade, a semicircular guard, and a slightly curved hand
3. a cavalry soldier

verb

1. tr to injure or kill with a sabre

Word History and Origins

Origin of sabre¹

C17: via French from German (dialect) Sabel, from Middle High German sebel, perhaps from Magyar száblya; compare Russian sablya sabre

Example Sentences

The grasp on the sabre would tighten; the quiet eyes would flash.

From The Daily Beast

In time we will know if this was nothing more than sabre rattling or an all out war for control of the GOP.

From The Daily Beast

But these resentments, They are the rocket fuel That lives In the tip of my sabre.

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And then the printers, manufactured by new Dunder Mifflin parent company Sabre, began to catch on fire.

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He held the sabre lower, but the point was kept unwaveringly at the chest of his enemy; his teeth were set.

From Project Gutenberg

Well, we must try our luck with a regulation sabre; they can't well refuse it; ours is the stronger and bigger man.

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His open brow lowered, and his fingers instinctively began playing with the hilt of his sabre.

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Where sabre, lance, and bayonet, right soon would turn and flee!

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At Moskowa his cuirassiers, sabre in hand, drove the Russians out of the great redoubt, but Grouchy himself was seriously wounded.

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Related Words

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