Dictionary

carbine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɑɹ.baɪ̯n/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɑː.baɪ̯n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkɑɹ.bin/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɑː.biːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Ca. 1600, from French carabine. Doublet of carabine.

Meanings

1. A rifle with a short barrel.
   • "Caught at last, and by those rascally Roundheads, whom you call patriots and saints, in a few minutes more I shall be shot—that is, if their clumsy carbines take good aim—to be sure they can fire near enough their mark not to miss... 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 69:
   • Inside the wall they found "a small cannon aimed at the entrance of the gate, and all along the street soldiers were stationed and a few on horseback were riding up and down. One of these had his carbine strapped on his back, and swung under his arm was a three-foot beheading sword wrapped in red cloth. That section had been terrorized by robbers, and they were prepared." December 2010, John Pollock, A Foreign Devil in China, World Wide Publications, →ISBN, page 45:
   • The lock-up was upstairs, a cage surrounded by six-inch wooden bars, guarded by a constable armed with a carbine. 1934, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Burmese Days:
   • The man who fired the carbine, who fired the gun with the scope, who brought the lead horse down, was discovered sitting cross-legged in a cargo van. 2017, Sam Shepard, chapter 27, in Spy of the First Person, →ISBN, page 60:

Forms

Deriveds

carbineer · saddle carbine · pistol carbine · Jungle Carbine

Translations (36)

mr कार्बाइन (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · hu karabély (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · id karabin (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · ja 騎兵銃 (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · pt carabina (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · de Karabiner (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · cs karabina (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · hy կարաբին (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · ka კარაბინი (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · tl karbin (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · id terkul (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · ja 騎銃 (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · el καραμπίνα (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · it carabina (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · es carabina (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · ca carabina (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · la carabina (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · pl karabinek (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · cmn 卡賓槍 /卡宾枪 (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · ja カービン (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · tl karabina (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · ca carrabina (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · mi pū poto (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · mk карабинка (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · fr carabine (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · tt карабин (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · ru караби́н (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · fi karbiini (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · ro carabină (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · sv karbin (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · ko 카빈총 (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · ka დამბაჩა (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · mk карабин (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · nl karabijn (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · tr karabina (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length) · ko 카빈 (weapon similar to a rifle but much shorter in length)