sabre

[ sey-ber ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

, sa·bred, sa·bring.

1. saber.

sabre

/ ˈseɪbə /

noun

1. a stout single-edged cavalry sword, having a curved blade
2. a sword used in fencing, having a narrow V-shaped blade, a semicircular guard, and a slightly curved hand
3. a cavalry soldier

verb

1. tr to injure or kill with a sabre

Word History and Origins

Origin of sabre¹

C17: via French from German (dialect) Sabel, from Middle High German sebel, perhaps from Magyar száblya; compare Russian sablya sabre

Example Sentences

Picture this: Mr Gilliver is stood in a pitch black fishing boat hut, dressed head to toe in dark clothing, holding a “light sabre”.

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Then again his sabre rattling in the past hasn’t come to much, so perhaps it wouldn’t again?

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This in addition to his nuclear sabre rattling if he deems the West as posing an intolerable threat to Russia via the Ukraine war.

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Escalation is always a worry when it involves a nuclear armed state, and the Kremlin has not been afraid to occasionally rattle its nuclear sabre.

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The 26-year-old won her first match in the women's individual sabre competition, but was then knocked out in the last 16.

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