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carbine
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Carbine
(gcide) | 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, fr. ? to throw; ? down + ? to throw. Cf.
Parable.] (Mil.)
A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted
soldiers or cavalry.
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carbine
(wn) | carbine
n 1: light automatic rifle |
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Carbine
(gcide) | 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, fr. ? to throw; ? down + ? to throw. Cf.
Parable.] (Mil.)
A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted
soldiers or cavalry.
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Carbineer
(gcide) | Carbineer \Car`bi*neer"\, n. [F. carabinier.] (Mil.)
A soldier armed with a carbine.
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Pistol carbine
(gcide) | Pistol \Pis"tol\, n. [F. pistole, pistolet, It. pistola; prob.
from a form Pistola, for Pistoja, a town in Italy where
pistols were first made. Cf. Pistole.]
The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one
hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of
names. See Illust. of Revolver.
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Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but-piece, and
thus capable of being used either as a pistol or a
carbine.
Pistol pipe (Metal.), a pipe in which the blast for a
furnace is heated, resembling a pistol in form.
Pistol shot.
(a) The discharge of a pistol.
(b) The distance to which a pistol can propel a ball.
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carbineer
(wn) | carbineer
n 1: a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed
with a carbine [syn: carbineer, carabineer,
carabinier] |
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