/ˈseɪ.bə/, /ˈseɪ.bɚ/
OriginBorrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula.
- Canada, UKA light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
“Jewan Sadit, who ſtood before the prince, obſerving his youthful temerity, threw himſelf between him and danger, and with a nervous arm, wielding a ſharp ſabre, of the hard tempered ſteel of Damiſk, r”
- Canada, UKA modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
- Canada, UK, transitiveTo strike or kill with a sabre.
- Canada, UK, transitiveTo open (a bottle) via sabrage.
Formssabres(plural) · saber(alternative, US) · sabres(present, singular, third-person) · sabring(participle, present) · sabred(participle, past) · sabred(past)