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sabre

/ˈseɪ.bɚ/

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What does sabre mean?

noun

  1. A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
  2. A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

verb

  1. To strike or kill with a sabre.
More meanings (1)

verb

  1. 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.
Jean-Henri FabreMore Hunting WaspsTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3462
“I’ll show you,” said his servant, and reappeared with a flashing naked cavalry sabre, streaked with blood about the point and edge.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonThe innocence of Father BrownProject Gutenberg ebook #204
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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?”
Jules VerneAround the World in Eighty DaysTranslated by George M. (George Makepeace) TowleProject Gutenberg ebook #103
"I however struck him with my sabre to the ground, and then got off my horse, and cut his throat with my knife."
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
Many of the exhibitionists allow the visitors to touch the stomach and outline the point of the sabre through the skin.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747