[car.bine] n [F carabine, fr. MF carabin carabineer] (1605) 1: a short-barreled lightweight firearm orig. used by cavalry
2: a light short-barreled repeating rifle that is used as a supplementary military arm or for hunting in dense brush
[car.bine] n [F carabine, fr. MF carabin carabineer] (1605) 1: a short-barreled lightweight firearm orig. used by cavalry
2: a light short-barreled repeating rifle that is used as a supplementary military arm or for hunting in dense brush
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012