sabre
Definition of sabre:
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part of speech: verb
To wound or kill with a sabre: to arm or furnish with a sabre; as, " A whole regiment of sabred hussars."- Henry Brooke.
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part of speech: noun
A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and having the edge a little curved backwards at the point.
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part of speech: noun
A heavy one- edged sword, slightly curved towards the point, used by cavalry.
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Common misspellings:
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- sare (100.0%)
Usage examples for sabre:
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Another minute and she appeared at a window overlooking the Rue Boissy d'Anglais, brandishing the first thing she chanced to lay hands upon- a large Turkish sabre
"Fragments of an Autobiography" – Felix Moscheles -
Viva la, in battle throng, For a Spanish steed, and sabre bright!
"Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry" – Thomas Davis Commentator: T. W. Rolleston -
He had a sabre wound on one cheek that gave him a ferocious appearance.
"Remarks" – Bill Nye -
That bare muscular hand seemed made to grasp the massive hilt of a sabre
"The Lovels of Arden" – M. E. Braddon
