a heavy cavalry sword with a curved blade and a single cutting edge 马刀,军刀;佩刀 ■a light fencing sword with a tapering, typically curved blade 佩剑,花剑 ■(historical)a cavalry soldier and horse (史)骑兵
verb
[with obj.](archaic)cut down or wound with a sabre (古)用马刀砍下(或砍伤)
语源
late 17th cent.: from French, alteration of obsolete sable, from German Sabel (local variant of Säbel), from Hungarian szablya