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carbine, ˈcarabine|ˈkɑːbaɪn|
Also 7 car(r)abin, 8 carrabine.
[In 17th c. carabine, a. F. carabine, in It., Sp., and Pg. carabina, the weapon of the carabin, q.v.]
A kind of fire-arm, shorter than the musket, used by the cavalry and other troops; ‘a kind of medium between the pistol and the musket’ (J.).
1605Verstegan Dec. Intell. i. (1628) 23 The names of Lances, Carabines, pykes, muskets. 1640T. Carew On Death K. Sweden (R.) The thunder of their carabins. c1645Howell The Vote ii, No pistolls or some rare-spring carrabins. 1660H. More Myst. Godl. v. xvi. 189 Discharging their carbines. 1721De Foe Mem. Cavalier (1840) 182, I discharged..my carabin twice. 1799Earl Ancram in Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin. (1805) V. 246, I had a carabine made at Drogheda. 1815Wellington in Gurw. Disp. XII. 345, I will apply for the Carbines for your Cavalry. 1858Greener Gunnery 399 Double rifled carbines can be constructed of so light a weight that their exclusive use for cavalry is not far distant. 1859Jephson Brittany x. 152 His double-barrelled carabine..slung over his shoulder.
b. Comb., as carbine-ball, carbine-lock, carbine-proof, carbine-shot.
1643Cromwell's Lett. & Sp. App. 29 July, Retreating in order, near carbine-shot of the enemy. 1655Marquis of Worcester Cent. Inv. §44 A Brest-plate..of Carabine-proof. 1721De Foe Mem. Cavalier (1840) 66 A salvo of carbine-shot. 1802Wellington in Gurw. Disp. I. 380 Ordering..20,000 carbine balls to be cast. 1814Byron Corsair i. vii. 24 Free from rust, My carbine lock. |
