In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
saber, sabre
(noun) a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
saber, sabre
(verb) kill with a saber
sabre, saber
(verb) cut or injure with a saber
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sabre (plural sabres)
(UK, Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
(UK, Canada, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
This spelling has become relatively common in the United States due to the Buffalo Sabres hockey team as well as the occasional tendency to use British spellings for archaic nouns (compare theater versus theatre).
sabre (third-person singular simple present sabres, present participle sabring, simple past and past participle sabred)
(UK, Canada, transitive) To strike or kill with a sabre.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sa"ber, Sa"bre, n. Etym: [F. sabre, G. säbel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. száblya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr.
Definition: 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.
Sa"ber, Sa"bre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sabered or Sabred (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sabering or Sabring (.] Etym: [Cf. F. sabrer.]
Definition: 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.
Sa"bre, n. & v.
Definition: See Saber.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.