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• Carbine — A carbine is a firearm similar to a rifle or musket, but generally shorter and of lesser power. Many carbines, especially modern designs, were developed from rifles, being essentially shortened versions of full rifles firing the same ammunition,… …   Wikipedia

• Carbine — Car bine, n. [F. carbine, OF. calabrin carabineer (cf. Ot. calabrina a policeman), fr. OF & Pr. calabre, OF. cable, chable, an engine of war used in besieging, fr. LL. chadabula, cabulus, a kind of projectile machine, fr. Gr. ? a throwing down,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• carbine — ► NOUN 1) a light automatic rifle. 2) historical a short rifle or musket used by cavalry. ORIGIN French carabine, from carabin mounted musketeer …   English terms dictionary

• carbine — [kär′bīn΄, kär′bēn΄] n. [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] 1. a rifle with a short… …   English World dictionary

• carbine — /kahr been, buyn/, n. 1. a light, gas operated semiautomatic rifle. 2. (formerly) a short rifle used in the cavalry. [1595 1605; earlier carabine < MF: small harquebus, weapon borne by a carabin a lightly armed cavalryman, compared with… …   Universalium

• Carbine — Recorded in several forms including Carabine, Carbin, Carbine, Carben, Carbon (English), Carabin, Carabina (France), Carabini (Italian and Spanish), and others, this is a surname of appatently French origins. It is claimed to describe a horse… …   Surnames reference

• carbine — UK [ˈkɑː(r)baɪn] / US [ˈkɑrˌbaɪn] noun [countable] Word forms carbine : singular carbine plural carbines a short light rifle …   English dictionary

• carbine — /ˈkabaɪn / (say kahbuyn), /ˈkabən / (say kahbuhn) noun 1. (formerly) a short rifle for cavalry use. 2. a light semi automatic or fully automatic rifle of a carbine type, as an armalite, useful in circumstances that restrict movement or in… …  

• carbine — noun Etymology: French carabine, from Middle French carabin carabineer Date: 1592 1. a short barreled lightweight firearm originally used by cavalry 2. a light short barreled repeating rifle that is used as a supplementary military arm or for …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• carbine — car|bine [ˈka:baın US ˈka:r ] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: carabine, from carabin soldier with a gun ] a short light ↑rifle …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• carbine — car|bine [ kar,baın ] noun count a short light RIFLE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English