carabine
Appearance
See also: carabiné
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French carabine. Doublet of carbine.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]carabine (third-person singular simple present carabines, present participle carabining, simple past and past participle carabined)
- (transitive, nautical or climbing) To attach via carabiner.[1]
Noun
[edit]carabine (plural carabines)
References
[edit]- ^ “carabine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]carabine f (plural carabines)
- rifle
- mistress of a cavalry soldier
Descendants
[edit]- German: Karabiner
Further reading
[edit]- “carabine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]carabine f
Anagrams
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