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shable, shabble Sc. (ˈʃæb(ə)l) Also 7 shabel, schable. [ad. It. sciabla, sciabola, or Hungarian száblya, Polish szabla, parallel forms to Du. sabel, G. sabel (now säbel): see sable n.3, sabre.] 1. A sabre or curved sword. ‘Now generally used to denote an old rusty sword’ (Jam.).1632 Lithgow Trav. v....
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sabre
▪ I. sabre, n. (ˈseɪbə(r)) Also 8 sabir, 9– U.S. saber. [a. F. sabre (17th c.), an unexplained alteration of sable (Oudin 1640: cf. Sp. sable) a. G. sabel (now säbel), whence sable n.3 The ultimate source is prob. to be sought in some Oriental language; forms with initial (ʃ) are found in Hungarian ...
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sable
▪ I. sable, n.1 (ˈseɪb(ə)l) Forms: α. 4 sabylle, 5 sabulle, 5–6 sabill, 5–7 sabel, 6 sabil(le, 7 sabell, 4– sable. β. 7 cebal. [a. OF. sable, saible sable fur, also quasi-adj. in martre sable (‘sable marten’) as the name of the animal and its fur, med.L. sabelum, sabellum sable fur, Icel. safal, saf...
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