CARBINE


Meaning of CARBINE in English

[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.