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