Rebated
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹiːbeɪtɪd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Rebated is an adjective meaning Blunted, dulled (of a blade, weapon etc.).
Meaning
Blunted, dulled (of a blade, weapon etc.).
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of rebate
- (military, of the rim of a firearm cartridge) Having a smaller diameter than the main body of the cartridge, from which it is separated by an extractor groove narrower than both.
Example Sentences
Even with blunted lances and filed-down or ‘rebated’ blades, grave injury and death were all too frequent, and tended to ‘disturb the cheerfulness of such events’, as a contemporary Spanish herald understatedly put it.
Related Words
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