sabre
pronunciation
How to pronounce sabre in British English:
UK ['seɪbə(r)]
How to pronounce sabre in American English:
US [ˈsebɚ]
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- Noun:
- a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
- a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
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- Verb:
- cut or injure with a saber
- kill with a saber
Word Origin
- sabre
- sabre: [17] Both the sabre and its name are of eastern European origin. The word comes from either Polish szabla or Hungarian száblya. It was westernized as sabel in German, and in the early 17th century it passed in this guise into French, where for reasons that are not altogether clear is soon evolved into sabre – source of the English word.
- sabre (n.)
- see saber.
Example
- 1. On november 28th it said it had completed a series of tests of its sabre engine , a high-tech hybrid of a rocket and a jet .
- 2. But sabre has survived close scrutiny by the european space agency , which could find no show-stopping problems , and has performed well in extensive ground tests .
- 3. At low altitudes and speeds ( up to about five times the speed of sound ) , sabre would operate as a powerful , lightweight form of jet engine .
- 4. A slow learner , it would seem , cameron has now led the way for the nato intervention in libya , along with nicolas sarkozy , who had also flown to georgia in 2008 to rattle his own flimsy sabre .
- 5. Using the ' sabre ' engine , skylon would require much less propellant than any conventional rocket , and would reduce launch costs by about 23 times , making access to space far cheaper and , possibly , ushering in a new era of exploration as the technology is adopted .