carabine
See also: carabiné
English
Etymology
From French carabine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkæɹəbɪn/
Verb
carabine (third-person singular simple present carabines, present participle carabining, simple past and past participle carabined)
- (transitive, nautical or rock climbing) To attach via carabiner.
Noun
carabine (plural carabines)
- (military) A carbine.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for carabine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Cabirean
French
Etymology
1611, alternative spelling charabine late 16th century, from carabin.The meaning "mistress of one of the carabins" is recorded in the dictionary of Guérin (1892).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ʁa.bin/
Audio (file)
Noun
carabine f (plural carabines)
- rifle
- mistress of a cavalry soldier
Descendants
- German: Karabiner
Further reading
- “carabine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- bancaire
Italian
Noun
carabine f
- plural of carabina
Anagrams
- baciarne, bancarie, rabicane