sabre
Curved cavalry sword
A sabre is a cavalry sword with a curved blade, designed for slashing from horseback.
The spelling is British; Americans write saber.
By extension, sabre refers to a light fencing weapon with a flexible blade, used for thrusting and cutting.
To rattle sabres is to make aggressive threats, especially military ones, without actually fighting: Both nations have been sabre-rattling for months.
Defeat a plan
- épéeFencing sword, points only
- boutLimited stretch of something
- pisteDesignated ski route
- parryDefensive blade deflection
riposte · lunge · touché · fleche · thrust · feint · counterattack · disengage
Curved slashing naval blade
- scimitarCurved Eastern blade
- rapierSlender dueling blade
- broadswordWide-bladed cutting weapon
- claymoreScottish great sword
falchion · katana · gladius · longsword · shortsword · backsword · dao · machete
Curved Eastern blade
- falchionCurved medieval cutting sword
- cutlassCurved slashing naval blade
- crescentCurved sickle-like arc
- sweepBrush clean with broom
arc · curve · single-edged · slashing
Boundary or sharpness
Cost or accusation
- horsebackAtop a steed
- dragoonCavalryman or browbeat
- hussarMounted European light cavalry
- lancerMounted soldier with spear
mounted · gallop · slash · scabbard · sheath · cavalier · uhlan · swordbelt
foil
Defeat a plan
parry · riposte · lunge · touché · fleche · thrust · feint · counterattack · disengage · bladework
cutlass
Curved slashing naval blade
- scimitarCurved Eastern blade
- rapierSlender dueling blade
- broadswordWide-bladed cutting weapon
claymore · falchion · katana · gladius · longsword · shortsword · backsword · dao · machete · dirk
scimitar
Curved Eastern blade
- falchionCurved medieval cutting sword
- cutlassCurved slashing naval blade
- crescentCurved sickle-like arc
sweep · arc · curve · single-edged · slashing
edge
Boundary or sharpness
honed · keen · whetted · razor-sharp · steel · tempered · sharpened
charge
Cost or accusation
lancer · mounted · gallop · slash · scabbard · sheath · cavalier · uhlan · swordbelt · martial
cutlass
Curved slashing naval blade
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
boarding · plunder · deckhand · captain · seafaring · naval · marlinspike · dirk
infantry
Ground combat troops
uniform · warfare · battlefield · tactics · army · ceremonial · parade · salute · colors · guard
- Military HardwareMirage, frigate, destroyer, submarine, howitzer
- curved swordsscimitar, cutlass, falchion, cavalry sword, Japanese sword
- cavalry swords
- Russian MilitaryCossacks, dragoons, hussars, grenadier, regiment
- ancient weaponssword, swords, shield, shields, bow
- armorysword, rifles, dagger, pistols, axe
sabreolive branch
Symbol of reconciliation
diplomacy · peace offering · détente · negotiation · white flag
- 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-rattling, saber, sabers, sabres, sabre-rattle, saber-rattling