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sabre
UK /ˈseɪ.bə/ US /ˈseɪ.bɚ/
noun 2verb 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
covered, gold
VERB + SABRE
tip, waving
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
Jewan Sadit, who ſtood before the prince, obſerving his youthful temerity, threw himſelf between him and danger, and with a nervous arm, wielding a ſharp ſabre, of the hard tempered ſteel of Damiſk, ruſhing upon the tyger, he ſtruck him acroſs the forehead.
2
A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
verb
1
To strike or kill with a sabre.
2
To open (a bottle) via sabrage.
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Jewan Sadit, who ſtood before the prince, obſerving his youthful temerity, threw himſelf between him and danger, and with a nervous arm, wielding a ſharp ſabre, of the hard tempered ſteel of Damiſk, r
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Help me! he repeated while waving his sabre.
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The princess gave her lover a sabre covered with gold.
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Mary feinted a strike to Tom's face, but then swiftly struck his torso with the tip of her sabre.
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