sa·bre

(sā′bər)

n. & v. Chiefly British

Variant of saber.

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sabre

(ˈseɪbə) or

saber

1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a stout single-edged cavalry sword, having a curved blade

2. (Fencing) a sword used in fencing, having a narrow V-shaped blade, a semicircular guard, and a slightly curved hand

3. (Military) a cavalry soldier

(Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) (tr) to injure or kill with a sabre

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

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sa•bre

(ˈseɪ bər)

n., v.t. -bred, -bring.

Chiefly Brit. saber.

Sabre

a cavalry unit, 1829.

Example: sabres and bayonets of the fields, 1829.

sabre

Past participle: sabred
Gerund: sabring

Imperative
sabre
sabre

Present
I sabre
you sabre
he/she/it sabres
we sabre
you sabre
they sabre

Preterite
I sabred
you sabred
he/she/it sabred
we sabred
you sabred
they sabred

Present Continuous
I am sabring
you are sabring
he/she/it is sabring
we are sabring
you are sabring
they are sabring

Present Perfect
I have sabred
you have sabred
he/she/it has sabred
we have sabred
you have sabred
they have sabred

Past Continuous
I was sabring
you were sabring
he/she/it was sabring
we were sabring
you were sabring
they were sabring

Past Perfect
I had sabred
you had sabred
he/she/it had sabred
we had sabred
you had sabred
they had sabred

Future
I will sabre
you will sabre
he/she/it will sabre
we will sabre
you will sabre
they will sabre

Future Perfect
I will have sabred
you will have sabred
he/she/it will have sabred
we will have sabred
you will have sabred
they will have sabred

Future Continuous
I will be sabring
you will be sabring
he/she/it will be sabring
we will be sabring
you will be sabring
they will be sabring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sabring
you have been sabring
he/she/it has been sabring
we have been sabring
you have been sabring
they have been sabring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sabring
you will have been sabring
he/she/it will have been sabring
we will have been sabring
you will have been sabring
they will have been sabring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sabring
you had been sabring
he/she/it had been sabring
we had been sabring
you had been sabring
they had been sabring

Conditional
I would sabre
you would sabre
he/she/it would sabre
we would sabre
you would sabre
they would sabre

Past Conditional
I would have sabred
you would have sabred
he/she/it would have sabred
we would have sabred
you would have sabred
they would have sabred

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	sabre - a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle saber fencing - the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules) fencing sword - a sword used in the sport of fencing
	2.	sabre - a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back cavalry sword, saber scimitar - a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade sword, steel, blade, brand - a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
Verb	1.	sabre - cut or injure with a saber saber cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	2.	sabre - kill with a saber saber kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

Translations

سَيْف

šavle

sabel

Säbel

sable

säiläsapeli

sabre

sablja

szablya

riddarasverî

sciabola

サーブルサーベル

zobens

sabel

süvari kılıcı

军刀马刀

sabre

saber (US) [ˈseɪbəʳ] N → sable m

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sabre

[ˈseɪbə^r] (British) saber (US) n → sabre msabre rattling (British) saber rattling (US) n → tentatives fpl d'intimidation

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sabre

, (US) saber

n → Säbel m

sabre

, (US) saber:

sabre cut

n → Säbelhiebwunde f; (duelling fraternity) → Schmiss m

sabre-rattler

n → Säbelrassler(in) m(f)

sabre-rattling

n → Säbelrasseln nt

sabre-toothed tiger

n → Säbelzahntiger m

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sabre

saber (Am) [ˈseɪbəʳ] n → sciabola

sabre

(American) saber (ˈseibə) noun

a type of curved sword, used by cavalry.

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"Alas," answered the princess, "I am too weak even to hold the sabre. And supposing that I had the strength, why should I put an innocent man to death?"

"Certainly," I answered, taking the sabre in my hands, and making a sign to the princess to fear nothing, as it was my own life that I was about to sacrifice, and not hers.

"I see," said the genius, "that you have both made up your minds to brave me, but I will give you a sample of what you may expect." So saying, with one sweep of his sabre he cut off a hand of the princess, who was just able to lift the other to wave me an eternal farewell.

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He had left his country after some crash of debts, and now expressed his complete freedom from British etiquette by swinging about in uniform, sabre and spurs.

"Tell me," he said, still writing rapidly, "could it have been done with a long French cavalry sabre?"

"I'll show you," said his servant, and reappeared with a flashing naked cavalry sabre, streaked with blood about the point and edge.

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"If you can get in you'll be a clever trooper," replied the officer, without turning his head or ceasing to slice off with his sabre the bark of the logs of which the house was built.

Monsieur de Sucy replaced his sabre in its scabbard, took the bridle of the precious horse he had hitherto been able to preserve, and led it, in spite of the animal's resistance, from the wretched fodder it appeared to think excellent.

The silence was broken only by the snapping of the wood, the crackling of the flames, the distant murmur of the camps, and the blows of the sabre given to what remained of Bichette in search of her tenderest morsels.

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Which one might not undo without a sabre, If one could merely comprehend the plot.

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He does not draw his sabre; his right hand hangs easily at his side.

He stands erect, motionless, holding his sabre in his right hand straight above his head.

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