[syn: saber, sabre]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Saber \Sa"ber\, Sabre \Sa"bre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saberedor
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.
[1913 Webster]
You send troops to saber and bayonet us into
submission. --Burke.
[1913 Webster] Saberbill
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Saber \Sa"ber\, Sabre \Sa"bre\, n. [F. sabre, G. s[aum]bel; of
uncertain origin; cf. Hung. sz['a]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.
[1913 Webster]
Saber fish, or Sabre fish (Zool.), the cutlass fish.
[1913 Webster] Saber
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
saber
n 1: a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved
handle [syn: saber, sabre]
2: a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back [syn:
cavalry sword, saber, sabre]
v 1: cut or injure with a saber [syn: sabre, saber]
2: kill with a saber [syn: saber, sabre]