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carbine

/ˈkɑɹ.bin/

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What does carbine mean?

noun

  1. A rifle with a short barrel.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkɑɹ.bin/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈkɑɹ.baɪ̯n/
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He remarked that every horseman carried a carbine slung across his shoulders and pistols in his holsters.
Jules VerneFrom the Earth to the moon; and, round the moonProject Gutenberg ebook #83
My carbine was in its boot, strapped to my saddle, and as my horse had wandered off I was left without means of defense.
Edgar Rice BurroughsA princess of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #62
More book examples (3)
We have none of these in Behar, but the huge porpoise gives splendid rifle or carbine practice as he rolls through the turgid streams.
James InglisSport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo PlanterProject Gutenberg ebook #10818
I took a native tracker with me, so that I was free to keep a good look-out, while Mahina followed immediately behind with a Martini carbine.
J. H. (John Henry) PattersonThe Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African AdventuresProject Gutenberg ebook #3810
It was the unmistakable noise of a pistol or carbine or some light firearm discharged; but it was not this that puzzled him most.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonThe wisdom of Father BrownProject Gutenberg ebook #223