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)

  1. (transitive, nautical or rock climbing) To attach via carabiner.

Noun

carabine (plural carabines)

  1. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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)

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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/
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Noun

carabine f (plural carabines)

  1. rifle
  2. mistress of a cavalry soldier

Descendants
  • German: Karabiner

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Italian

Noun

carabine f

  1. plural of carabina

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