{ Sa"ber , Sa"bre }, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sabered (?) or Sabred (&?;); p. pr.
& vb. n. Sabering or Sabring (&?;).]
[Cf. F.
sabrer.] 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.
{ Sa"ber , Sa"bre } (?), n. [F. sabre, G. säbel; of
uncertain origin; cf. Hung. száblya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked, curved.]
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.
Hear it pronounced