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Definition of Carabine
1. n. A carbine.
Definition of Carabine
1. Verb. (nautical or rock climbing) To attach via carabiner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carabine
1. carbine [n -S] - See also: carbine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carabine
Literary usage of Carabine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"630 That day young Redmond's death had seen, But twice Matilda came between The
carabine and Redmond's breast Just ere the spring his finger pressed. ..."
2. The Story of the Guns by Sir James Emerson Tennent (1864)
"In 1842 the 'Delvigne rifle' was superseded by the carabine, a tige of Colonel
Thouvenin, in which, in order to impart rotation to the ball, ..."
3. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"... carabine from him, M'Lean, 1710 —shooting a person stealing from a potato-pit,
1843, M'Bryde, 1 Broun, 558— shooting a person escaping by night from a ..."
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