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carbine

[ UK /kˈɑːba‍ɪn/ ]
[ US /ˈkɑɹˌbaɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. light automatic rifle

How To Use carbine In A Sentence

  • They shouldered responsibility, faith and idealism along with muskets, carbines and courage.
  • The paper roll of caps in those toys were the descendants of those used during the U.S. Civil War on some Sharps breechloader carbines used by the Union Army. Mpls Update: the Covered Wagon – The Bleat.
  • The only gun I know that can be made full auto by filing the sear is the old M-1 carbine. The Volokh Conspiracy » President Calderon’s claim about “assault weapons”
  • Seventy-five city policemen and Mississippi State Police officers armed with carbines, submachine guns, shotguns, service revolvers and some personal weapons, responded to the call.
  • Charlie raised the carbine to his shoulder and sighted on the cowboy with the rifle.
  • The boy came in through the back carrying Russell's blanket roll and carbine and put them down on the passenger bench.
  • The introduction of the percussion lock in the early 19th century did little for the design of the military pistol and it was being replaced by the carbine by mid-century, pistols being reserved solely for issue to senior NCOs.
  • Udine police, would jam on his brakes so suddenly that we would almost go through the wind-shield if a carbineer held up his hand. Italy at War and the Allies in the West
  • The most common Arisaka models one comes across today at shows are the long rifles, short rifles, and carbines.
  • A queer shavetail with a carbine in a foxhole at Iwo Jima, he went on the become an ex officio judge of the annual poetry contest at the Japanese Imperial Court. Seidensticker’s Passing
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