Look up: carbine

1. carbine
   [n] - light automatic rifle
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2. Carbine
   A shortened version of a long barreled rifle. Carbines are under 16inchs in length and are not usually as ballistically accurate as the long guns they are derived from.
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3. carbine
   A firearm similar to a musket or rifle but usually with a shorter barrel and firing range and commonly carried by cavalry.
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4. Carbine
   Car'bine noun [ French carbine , Old French calabrin carabineer (cf. Ot. calabrina a policeman), from OF & Pr. calabre , Old French cable , chable , an engine of war used in besieging, from Late Latin chada...
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5. carbine
   noun light automatic rifle
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6. Carbine
   • (n.) A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry.
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7. carbine
   light, short-barrelled musket or rifle. The word, the source of which is obscure, seems to have originated in the late or mid-16th century. The ... [1 related articles]
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8. Carbine
   A carbine is a rifle with a relatively short barrel. Traditionally, carbines were a specialist weapon for use by cavalry who were unable to carry a long-barrelled rifle.
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9. Carbine
   A short cavalry musket.
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10. carbine
    A firearm similar to a musket or rifle but usually with a shorter barrel and firing range and commonly carried by cavalry.
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11. Carbine
    ), from French carabine, is a longarm similar to but shorter than a rifle or musket. Many carbines are shortened versions of full rifles, firing the same ammunition at a lower velocity due to a shorter barrel length. The smaller size and lighter weight of carbines makes them easier to handle ...
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12. Carbine
    (horse) `Carbine` (1885–1914), was an outstanding New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, who competed in New Zealand and later Australia. Owing to his performance on the track and his subsequent achievements as a sire, he became one of five inaugural inductees into both the New Zealand Ra...
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