saber
Curved horseman's sword
A saber is a curved sword with a single cutting edge, historically used by cavalry.
The spelling sabre is British.
Saber-rattling is aggressive posturing or threats of military action: The regime's saber-rattling worried neighboring countries.
In fencing, the saber is one of three weapons, distinguished by rules allowing cuts as well as thrusts.
Boundary or sharpness
- hiltWeapon's graspable portion
- guardWatchful defensive attention
- pommelSaddle's front knob
- fullerSmithy's channeling implement
tang · steel · curved · single-edged · sharp · slash · cut · whet
Cost or accusation
- cavalryMounted military force
- trooperMounted soldier or patroller
- hussarMounted European light cavalry
- dragoonCavalryman or browbeat
mounted · horseback · slash · warfare · infantry · regiment · battalion · officer
Curved slashing naval blade
Defeat a plan
- epeeFencing blade
- parryDefensive blade deflection
- riposteSwift clever reply
- lungeSudden forward movement
bout · piste · touché · fleche · thrust · feint · advance · retreat
Ceremonial set of actions
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- commissioningOrdering work to be made
- academyInstitution of learning
- traditionCustom passed through generations
uniform · parade · honors · oath · allegiance · knighthood · dubbing · regalia
edge
Boundary or sharpness
fuller · tang · steel · curved · single-edged · sharp · slash · cut · whet · hone
charge
Cost or accusation
- cavalryMounted military force
- trooperMounted soldier or patroller
- hussarMounted European light cavalry
dragoon · mounted · horseback · slash · warfare · infantry · regiment · battalion · officer · soldier
cutlass
Curved slashing naval blade
foil
Defeat a plan
lunge · bout · piste · touché · fleche · thrust · feint · advance · retreat · counterattack
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- commissioningOrdering work to be made
- academyInstitution of learning
tradition · uniform · parade · honors · oath · allegiance · knighthood · dubbing · regalia · insignia
- verbosser, hablar, comer, defender, vender
- cavalrycavalry, cavalryman, cavalry brigade, cavalry charges, cavalry officer
- Civil War Cavalrycavalry charge, cavalry regiment, cavalry brigade, cavalry division, cavalry raid
- curved swordsscimitar, cutlass, falchion, cavalry sword, Japanese sword
- frontier weaponssix-shooter, peacemaker, Colt revolver, derringer, Winchester
- cavalry swords
saberolive branch
Symbol of reconciliation
peace treaty · white flag · diplomacy · peace offering · dove
saberrifle
Long-barreled shoulder weapon
musket · bow · crossbow · ranged weapon · projectile weapon
- saber rattlingThreatening military action ostentatiously
- saber-tooth tigerExtinct long-fanged feline
- saber-toothed tigerExtinct cat, elongated fangs
- saber-toothed catExtinct long-fanged felid
- sabre-toothed tigerExtinct feline with elongated fangs
- light saberLuminous melee weapon
sabre, sabers, sabres, saber-toothed, sabered, sabermetrics, saber-toothed tiger, saber-rattling