Sabre

Quick meaning: Sabre is a noun meaning A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.

Meaning

A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.

More Meanings

1. (fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
2. (transitive) To strike or kill with a sabre.
3. (transitive) To open (a bottle) via sabrage.

Example Sentences

There lie poor sallow workworn weavers, and complain no more now; women themselves are slashed and sabred, howling terror fills the air; […]

The country’s fencing federation has officially recognised lightsaber duelling as a competitive sport, granting the weapon from George Lucas’s space saga the same status as the foil, epee and sabre, the traditional blades used at the Olympics.

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, ruſhing upon the tyger, he ſtruck him acroſs the forehead.

Word Forms

• sabres
• saber
• sabring
• sabred

Synonyms for sabre

Depending on context, synonyms include saber.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include saber, sword, blade, knife, battle, rattling.

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