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sabre
/ˈseɪ.bɚ/
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What does sabre mean?
noun
- A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
- A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
verb
- To strike or kill with a sabre.
More meanings (1)
verb
- To open (a bottle) via sabrage.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈseɪ.bɚ/
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A green Locustid, with a short sabre bent into a reaping-hook, Phaneroptera falcata, is ravaging the corollae of my petunias.
“I’ll show you,” said his servant, and reappeared with a flashing naked cavalry sabre, streaked with blood about the point and edge.
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“But can you sing standing on your head, with a top spinning on your left foot, and a sabre balanced on your right?”
"I however struck him with my sabre to the ground, and then got off my horse, and cut his throat with my knife."
Many of the exhibitionists allow the visitors to touch the stomach and outline the point of the sabre through the skin.