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noun / verb

saber

SAY-bur/ˈseɪbər/

A curved sword used for cutting or fencing, or to strike with one.

The saber has a curved cutting blade and a protective knuckle guard.

A single unsheathed saber shown in a clear side view, with a gently curved blade, one sharpened convex cutting edge, a visibly blunt concave spine, and a protective knuckle guard.
Etymology
saberFrenchheavy, curved sword

French sabre already named a heavy, curved sword. Its ancestry probably reaches Hungarian szablya, literally a “tool to cut with,” though that connection is not certain.

In context

Akademia Szermierzy0:39
It’s the simplest, but crucial exercise, especially important in saber. Practising cuts from different angles and recognising the direction of the attack was always base of saber fencing.
Akademia Szermierzy - TOP 3 Polish Saber Exercises [ENG SUB]

More examples

  • The museum displays a cavalry officer’s curved saber.
  • Two antique sabers hang above the fireplace.
  • The cavalryman sabered his opponent during the charge.

Forms

saber · sabers · sabered · sabering

Similar words

sword
A broader term covering both straight and curved blades.
cutlass
A short, broad cutting sword traditionally associated with sailors.
scimitar
A curved sword associated especially with Middle Eastern traditions.