Category:Saber

Sa"ber, sa"bre, n. Etym: [f. sabre, g. säbel; of uncertain origin; Cf. Hung. száblya, pol. szabla, russ. sabla, and l. Gr.

Defn: a sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and Usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. Saber Fish, or sabre fish (zoöl.), the cutlass fish.

Saber; sabre Sa"ber, sa"bre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sabered or sabred (p. pr. & vb. N. Sabering or sabring (.] Etym: [cf. F. sabrer.]

Defn: to strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a Saber. You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission. Burke.