Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A soldier armed with a carbine.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See carbineer.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A carbineer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine
Etymologies
- French carabinier, from carabine, carbine; see carbine. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“However, the device has a loop beneath the keys for attaching a carabineer or a belt clip can be attached to the rear panel.”
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“The visual of the rope leaving what looks like a carabineer with an ostensibly falling climber if the screaming is any indication is fantastic.”
“A carabiner is the mountaineer's clip; a carabineer is a soldier wielding a carbine.”
“David Greene Berrien Springs, Michigan Neer Miss You have mistaken carabineer for carabiner (Fetish, Play, issue 16.03).”
“Its click wheel interface is designed to be operated with gloves on, and the unit, which clips to your parka with an integrated carabineer, is waterproof to IPX7 standards should you tackle the slope on your face.”
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“Ecole de Droit; the huge Alsacian carabineer, grimly smiling under his sandy moustaches and glittering brass helmet; the jolly nurse, in red calico, who had been to Paris to show mamma her darling”
“Cables built into Glinda's costume terminate in the area of her lower back with a carabineer that locks onto the Bubble's frame.”
“UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Two Charlotte Mosier ice tools, curved handles, one pad, two runners, one locking carabineer and some anchor strap.”
“But in a week, no one will know how I got the Budweiser lanyard, they'll just be awe-inspired by my beer-bottle shaped carabineer.”
“Paul began feeding out rope, Rourke using a carabineer clip to secure the leading end to his equipment, Annie six feet down its length and between them, then Paul clamping on, the remainder of the climbing rope coiled over his right shoulder.”
Lists
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Soldiers and Sailors
Types and nicknames.
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Historical Military Terms of Interest
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zig-zags, yeoman, xerxes, xeiff, xenophon, worm, watch-word, windage, wheeling, wad-hock, wadding, volley and 242 more...
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Military
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chained_bear "Carabineers are cavalry armed with carabines carbines. They are sometimes dismounted to serve on foot." (citation in list description) Oct 9, 2008