sabre
noun/ˈseɪbə(r)/
/ˈseɪbər/
(US English saber)
- a heavy sword with a curved blade (= metal cutting edge)
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- a light sword with a thin blade used in the sport of fencingTopics Sports: other sportsc2
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, alteration of obsolete sable, from German Sabel (local variant of Säbel), from Hungarian szablya.
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