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Definition of Carbine
1. Noun. Light automatic rifle.
Definition of Carbine
1. n. A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry.
Definition of Carbine
1. Noun. A smaller lighter version of an existing rifle with a shortened barrel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carbine
1. a light rifle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbine
Literary usage of Carbine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gunnery in 1858: Being a Treatise on Rifles, Cannon, and Sporting Arms by William Greener (1858)
"... thus reducing the weight to a little over 4^ Ibs. ; and yet this carbine would
be more certain in its effects at 600 yards, than old Brown Bess at 150. ..."
2. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1907)
"of the carbine lode. The whole formation so far passed through consists of a ...
Table showing the Yield from Leases at carbine, other than those already ..."
3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1826)
"Then he is asked, whether the carbine was not at some distance from him when he
was taken ? and he says, " No, I think not ;" this was to contradict the ..."
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