sabre : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sabre	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for sabre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sabre n a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle Synonym(s): saber, sabre a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back Synonym(s): cavalry sword, saber, sabre v cut or injure with a saber Synonym(s): sabre, saber kill with a saber Synonym(s): saber, sabre
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saber \Sa"ber\, Sabre \Sa"bre\, n. [F. sabre, G. s[84]bel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. sz[a0]blya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked, curved.] A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. {Saber fish}, or {Sabre fish} (Zo[94]l.), the cutlass fish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saber \Sa"ber\, Sabre \Sa"bre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sabered}or {Sabred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sabering} or {Sabring}.] [Cf. F. sabrer.] To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber. You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sabre \Sa"bre\, n. & v. See {Saber}.