Saber \Sa"ber\, Sabre \Sa"bre\, n. [F. sabre, G. s["a]bel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. sz['a]blya, 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} (Zo["o]l.), the cutlass fish.
Saber \Sa"ber\, Sabre \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.
Sabre \Sa"bre\, n. & v. See {Saber}.
However, the crucial 6,500 rail-industry voters may prove more elusive. He is scathing about 'sabre rattling' by workers at Brel, the privatised train maker.
The image of Jozsef Antall with a sabre in his hand tests plausibility.