2. Noun. (obsolete now generally offensive) A person of mixed black and mulatto descent. ¹
3. Adjective. (aeronautics) With the nose up and the tail down ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cabre
1. rearing [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabre
Literary usage of Cabre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Northern Campaigns, from the Commencement of the War in 1812, to the by John Philippart, Patrick Martin, John Cumming (1813)
"Upon these considerations, and upon others at least as important, the undersigned
has received the orders of the King his master, to declare to M. de cabre, ..."
2. History of the Eighteenth Century and of the Nineteenth Till the Overthrow by Friedrich Christoph Schlosser (1852)
"It had been hinted to M. de cabre, who would not leave his post without being
recalled, that it would be as well for him if he would make a tour through ..."
3. Memoirs and Campaigns of Charles John: Prince Royal of Sweden by John Philippart (1814)
"20, 1812 234 Letter from M. de cabre to the Baron D'Enger- strom, Dec. 21, 1812
236 Ditto from Baron ..."
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