CARBINE

Carbine

A carbine, from French carabine, is a long arm but with a shorter barrel length than a rifle or musket. Many carbines are shortened versions of full length rifles shooting the same ammunition, as opposed to stand alone designs with generally lower powered ammunition.

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carbine

Noun

  1. A smaller lighter version of an existing rifle with a shortened barrel.


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