carbinecarabinen.
/ˈkɑːbʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈkɑrˌbaɪn/, /ˈkɑrˌbin/ A kind of firearm, shorter than the musket, used by the cavalry and other troops; ‘a kind of medium between the pistol and the musket’ (Johnson).
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1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence i. 23 The names of Lances, Carabines, pykes, muskets.
1640 T. Carew Poems 130 The thunder of their Carabins.
1642 J. Howell The Vote 2 No Pistols, or some rare-spring'd Carrabins.
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xvi. 189 Discharging their carbines.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 193 I discharged..my Carabin twice.
1799 Earl Ancram in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. (1805) 5 246 I had a carabine made at Drogheda.
1815 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XII. 345 I will apply for the Carbines for your Cavalry.
1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 399 Double rifled carbines can be constructed of so light a weight that their exclusive use for cavalry is not far distant.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany x. 152 His double-barrelled carabine..slung over his shoulder.
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carbine-ball n.
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1802 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 380 Ordering..20,000 carbine balls to be cast.
carbine-lock n.
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1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. vii. 9 Free from rust, My carbine-lock springs worthy of my trust.
carbine-proof adj.
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1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §44 A Brest-plate..of Carabine-proof.
carbine-shot n.
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1643 Cromwell's Lett. & Speeches App. 29 July Retreating in order, near carbine-shot of the enemy.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 70 A Salvo of Carabin-shot.
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