† cebratane Obs.
[ad. Sp. cebratana, cerbatana of same meaning, app. ad. Arab. (and Pers.) zabaṭāna, sabaṭāna blowing tube for shooting birds (for which Piedro de Alcala has zarbatāna, Dozy); also found in Pg. sarabatana, It. cerbottana, Fr. sarbatane, sarbacane.]
A blow-pipe for shooting with.
| 1671 in Skinner ii. [who says it occurs only in a Dict.]. 1708–20 Kersey, Cebratan, a Trunk to shoot at Birds with Clay-pellets. 1775 in Ash. |