carbine
carbine
Definition
car·bine (kär′bīn′, -bēn′)
noun
- a rifle with a short barrel, orig. for use by cavalry
- ☆ a light, semiautomatic or automatic rifle of relatively limited range
Etymology: Fr carabine < carabin, mounted rifleman < OFr escarrabin, corpse bearer during the plague (lit., prob. “carrion beetle,” used as epithet for archers from Flanders) < scarabée: see scarab
carbine
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- carry: He remarked that every horseman carried a carbine slung across his shoulders and pistols in his holsters.
- have: Sixth, the board is not decided in the opinion whether it would be best to have only magazine carbines in the cavalry service.
- sling: He remarked that every horseman carried a carbine slung across his shoulders and pistols in his holsters.
- load: There were in addition twelve muzzle loading carbines per troop.
Adjective modifier
- short: It is the first British short assault carbine into service, it will not be the last.
Modifies a noun
- version: The carbine version of the 10.4 mm Vetterli Rifle, designed by the Swiss Engineer F Vetterli.
- rifle: The Cuban government at one time distributed leaflets of Jesus with a carbine rifle slung over his shoulder.
Noun used with modifier
- lever-action: This growing interest in 45 caliber lever-action carbines is very attractive, at least to me.
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