carbine• Their weapons were just as fantastically varied: M-2 carbines.• The officer, placed toward the middle of the group, carries binoculars and a carbine.• The boy came in through the back carrying Russell's blanketroll and carbine and put them down on the passengerbench.• He made him fling away his carbine.• The Dragoondropped the carbine and fumbled for his sword which hung from its wriststrap.• They thrust their carbines into the bucketholsters on their saddles and dragged out their long straight-bladed swords.• We have now used the general approach in refs 2 and 3 to place yttrium carbine into nanotubes.
Origincarbine
(1600-1700)Frenchcarabine, from carabin“soldier with a gun”