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carbine
carbinea shoulder rifle with a short barrel
Not to be confused with:carbon – a nonmetallic elementcar·bine C0098600 (kär′bēn′, -bīn′)n. A lightweight rifle with a short barrel.
[French carabine, from Old French carabin, soldier armed with a musket, perhaps from escarrabin, gravedigger, from scarabee, dung beetle; see scarab.]carbine (ˈkɑːbaɪn) n1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a light automatic or semiautomatic rifle of limited range2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) Also called: carabin or carabine a light short-barrelled shoulder rifle formerly used by cavalry[C17: from French carabine, from Old French carabin carabineer, perhaps variant of escarrabin one who prepares corpses for burial, from scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus scarab]car•bine (ˈkɑr bin, -baɪn)
n. 1. a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle. 2. any of various short-barreled muskets or rifles used, orig. by cavalry troops, since c1600. [1595–1605; < Middle French carabine] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  carbine - light automatic rifle rifle - a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired" |
TranslationsCarbine
carbine[′kär‚bēn] (ordnance) A rifle of short length and light weight. Carbine a short, lightweight rifle. The precursor of the carbine was invented at the end of the 15th century. From the 18th century through the first half of the 20th century it was included in the armament of the cavalry and artillery. After World War I1 (193945) the improved automatic carbine became part of the armament of most armies. Certain hunting rifles are also called carbines. [I 1–1 102–31 AcronymsSeeCBNcarbine
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