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- While not necessarily a 'type' in itself, the locking carabiner is the carabiner most widely used in outdoor sports, climbing in particular. These carabiners have a gate that's reinforced by a locking mechanism, which secures the carabiner in its closed position and ensures absolute safety.
- English words for carabine include carbine, rifle pit and carabine. Find more French words at wordhippo.com!
English[edit]
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Wikipedia Etymology[edit]
Ca. 1600, from Frenchcarabine.
Pronunciation[edit]
En Carabine Belgique
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹbiːn/, /ˈkɑɹbaɪn/
Noun[edit]
carbine (pluralcarbines)
- A rifle with a short barrel.
- 1934, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Burmese Days[1]:
- The lock-up was upstairs, a cage surrounded by six-inch wooden bars, guarded by a constable armed with a carbine.
- December 2010, John Pollock, A Foreign Devil in China, World Wide Publications, →ISBN, page 45:
- Inside the wall they found 'a small cannon aimed at the entrance of the gate, and all along the street soldiers were stationed and a few on horseback were riding up and down. One of these had his carbine strapped on his back, and swung under his arm was a three-foot beheading sword wrapped in red cloth. That section had been terrorized by robbers, and they were prepared.'
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
- While not necessarily a 'type' in itself, the locking carabiner is the carabiner most widely used in outdoor sports, climbing in particular. These carabiners have a gate that's reinforced by a locking mechanism, which secures the carabiner in its closed position and ensures absolute safety.
- English words for carabine include carbine, rifle pit and carabine. Find more French words at wordhippo.com!
English[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia Etymology[edit]
Ca. 1600, from Frenchcarabine.
Pronunciation[edit]
En Carabine Belgique
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹbiːn/, /ˈkɑɹbaɪn/
Noun[edit]
carbine (pluralcarbines)
- A rifle with a short barrel.
- 1934, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Burmese Days[1]:
- The lock-up was upstairs, a cage surrounded by six-inch wooden bars, guarded by a constable armed with a carbine.
- December 2010, John Pollock, A Foreign Devil in China, World Wide Publications, →ISBN, page 45:
- Inside the wall they found 'a small cannon aimed at the entrance of the gate, and all along the street soldiers were stationed and a few on horseback were riding up and down. One of these had his carbine strapped on his back, and swung under his arm was a three-foot beheading sword wrapped in red cloth. That section had been terrorized by robbers, and they were prepared.'
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length
Carabine En Anglais
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Anagrams[edit]
En Carabine Paris
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