saber
[ sey-ber ]
/ ˈseɪ bər /
noun
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
a soldier armed with such a sword.
Fencing.
- a sword having two cutting edges and a blunt point.
- the art or sport of fencing with the saber, with the target being limited to the head, trunk, and arms, and hits being made with the front edge and the upper part of the back edge of the sword and by thrusts.
verb (used with object)
to strike, wound, or kill with a saber.
Also
especially British,
sa·bre.
Origin of saber
1670–80; < French
sabre, sable < German
Sabel (now
Säbel), earlier
sewel, schebel < Polish
szabla; compare Czech
šavle, Serbo-Croatian
sȁblja, Russian
sáblya sword, saber, perhaps all ultimately < Hungarian
szablya, though derivation and transmission uncertain