sabre

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SABRE, noun A sword or cimitar with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and a little falcated or hooked at the point; a faulchion. SABER, verb transitive To strike, cut or kill with a saber. A small party was surprised at night and almost every man sabered.
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