Saber vs. Sabre

Sabernoun

alternative spelling of sabre

Saberverb

alternative spelling of sabre

Sabernoun

A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.

Saberverb

To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber.

Sabernoun

a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle

Sabernoun

a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back

Saberverb

cut or injure with a saber

Saberverb

kill with a saber

Sabrenoun

A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.

Sabrenoun

A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

Sabreverb

To strike or kill with a sabre.

Sabrenoun

See Saber.

Sabrenoun

a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle

Sabrenoun

a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back

Sabreverb

cut or injure with a saber

Sabreverb

kill with a saber

Sabre

A sabre (sometimes spelt saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as the hussars, the sabre became widespread in Western Europe in the Thirty Years' War.