sabre
noun /ˈseɪbə(r)/
  /ˈseɪbər/
(US English saber)
 - a heavy sword with a curved blade (= metal cutting edge)
 - a light sword with a thin blade used in the sport of fencingTopics Sports: other sportsc2
 
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, alteration of obsolete sable, from German Sabel (local variant of Säbel), from Hungarian szablya.