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Definition of carbine noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

carbine

noun

/ˈkɑːbaɪn/

/ˈkɑːrbaɪn/

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a short light rifle
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French carabine, from carabin ‘mounted musketeer’, of unknown origin.

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