SABER

saber. Saber, n. a cimetar, falchion, short broad sword

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{ Sa″ber, Sa″bre } (?), n. [[F. sabre, G. säbel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. száblya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. ζαβόσ 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 (Zoöl.), the cutlass fish.