shableshabblen.

Brit.

/ˈʃab(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈʃæb(ə)l/, Scottish English

/ˈʃab(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1600s shabel, schable.

Etymology: < Italian sciabla, sciabola, or Hungarian száblya, Polish szabla, parallel forms to Dutch sabel , German sabel (now säbel ): see sable n.³, sabre n.

Scottish.

1. A sabre or curved sword.‘Now generally used to denote an old rusty sword’ (Jamieson).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > sabre

sable1617

shable1632

sabre1680

talwara1827

sabre-bayonet1863

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 208 Shables, or short crooked swords.

1683 J. Turner Pallas Armata 171 The Persians, Turks, Russians, Polonians, and Hungarians, for most part wear Scimiters and Shables.

1689 London Gaz. No. 414/2 One of them had his left Arm cut off with one blow of a Schable or Polish sword.

1749 W. Crookshank Hist. Church Scotl. II. 22 At last, the Commander struck him with a shabble on the face.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. i. 22 He tugged for a second or two at the hilt of his shabble, as he called it.

1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 75 He would strike them on the face with the basket hilt of his shable.

2. ‘Any little person or thing’ (Jamieson).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing

minutea1450

minim1590

mite1594

titmouse1596

moteling1605

atom1633

thingling1652

long-little1653

parvitude1659

bodikin1668

eschantillon1720

niff-naff1808

smolt1808

runt1819

titty-tottya1825

featherweight1838

thinglet1839

shable1842

thumb1854

nubbin1857

speckle1882

teeny-weeny1894

hickey1909

tiddler1937

pinhead1951

1842 T. Carlyle Let. 19 Apr. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1987) XIV. 155 Fly away with your shabble of a Duke.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shable
释义	shableshabblen. Brit. /ˈʃab(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈʃæb(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈʃab(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1600s shabel, schable. Etymology: < Italian sciabla, sciabola, or Hungarian száblya, Polish szabla, parallel forms to Dutch sabel , German sabel (now säbel ): see sable n.³, sabre n. Scottish. 1. A sabre or curved sword.‘Now generally used to denote an old rusty sword’ (Jamieson). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > sabre sable1617 shable1632 sabre1680 talwara1827 sabre-bayonet1863 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 208 Shables, or short crooked swords. 1683 J. Turner Pallas Armata 171 The Persians, Turks, Russians, Polonians, and Hungarians, for most part wear Scimiters and Shables. 1689 London Gaz. No. 414/2 One of them had his left Arm cut off with one blow of a Schable or Polish sword. 1749 W. Crookshank Hist. Church Scotl. II. 22 At last, the Commander struck him with a shabble on the face. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. i. 22 He tugged for a second or two at the hilt of his shabble, as he called it. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 75 He would strike them on the face with the basket hilt of his shable. 2. ‘Any little person or thing’ (Jamieson). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing minutea1450 minim1590 mite1594 titmouse1596 moteling1605 atom1633 thingling1652 long-little1653 parvitude1659 bodikin1668 eschantillon1720 niff-naff1808 smolt1808 runt1819 titty-tottya1825 featherweight1838 thinglet1839 shable1842 thumb1854 nubbin1857 speckle1882 teeny-weeny1894 hickey1909 tiddler1937 pinhead1951 1842 T. Carlyle Let. 19 Apr. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1987) XIV. 155 Fly away with your shabble of a Duke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1632
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