sabre

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula.

noun

  1. (UK, Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
  2. (UK, Canada, fencing">fencing) A modern fencing">fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

verb

  1. (UK, Canada, transitive) To strike or kill with a sabre.

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