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# sabre

«sabre» in Mova's school dictionary: **a heavy sword with a curved blade and one sharp edge…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a sabre, sabres; US spelling saber); verb (sabre — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sabre is a heavy sword with a curved blade and one sharp edge, once used by soldiers on horseback (cavalry). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/#m1)

2) In the sport of fencing, the sabre is one of three weapons (with foil and épée), and points are scored by hitting with the edge or the tip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/#m2)

3) «Sabre-rattling» means threatening to use force or war to scare others, without actually fighting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/#m3)

4) A sabre-toothed cat (sabre-toothed tiger) was an extinct big cat with two very long curved teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons sabres were carried by cavalry soldiers and officers; in PE and the Olympics, fencers fight with sabres wearing masks and white suits. In news and citizenship lessons, «sabre-rattling» describes countries making threats. In science lessons about the Ice Age, the sabre-toothed cat (Smilodon) is a famous extinct predator found in tar pits. Phrases: sabre-rattling, sabre-toothed tiger, cavalry sabre, lightsaber.

### examples

- The cavalry officer drew his sabre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/#x1)
- Sabre is the fastest of the three fencing weapons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/#x2)
- The sabre-toothed cat had teeth as long as a ruler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/#x3)
- The two countries were accused of sabre-rattling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/#x4)
- A sabre has a curved blade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/#x5)
- Fossils of sabre-toothed cats were found in tar pits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/#x6)
- She won a medal for sabre fencing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/#x7)
- In «Star Wars» the Jedi fight with lightsabers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/#x8)
- In vain, however, for the robbers with their sabres soon killed him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/#x9)

### note

Countable: a sabre, sabres. Spelling: «sabre» in UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ and Canada; «saber» in the USA (and in «lightsaber»). Pronounced «SAY-ber». «Sabre-rattling» and «sabre-toothed» take hyphens. Trap: the sabre-toothed «tiger» was not closely related to real tigers.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sabre» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sabre/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.