Saber

} n. [Fr. sabre, Sp. sable, It. sabala, sciabla, sciabola, D., Dan., & Sw. sabel, Ger. sübel, Wall. sabie, Serb. sablja, Hung. szablya. Cf. L. Gr. σαβός, crooked, curved, and Ar. sejf, a sword.] A sword or cimeter with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and a little curved toward the point; a cavalry sword.

[imp. & p. p. SABERED, or SABRED; p. pr. & vb. n. SABERING, or SABRING.] To strike, cut, or kill with a saber.

Flashed all their sabers bare, Flashed as they turned in air, Sabring the gunners there. Tennyson.