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Noun
/ˈkärˌbīn/,/-ˌbēn/,
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carbines, plural;
  1. A light automatic rifle

  2. A short rifle or musket used by cavalry

  1. light automatic rifle
  2. A carbine (or) (from Greek καραμπινα "carbine") is a firearm similar to a rifle or musket. Many carbines, especially modern designs, were developed from rifles, being essentially shortened versions of full rifles firing the same ammunition, although often at a lower velocity. ...
  3. Carbine (1885-1914), was an outstanding New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, who competed in New Zealand and later Australia. ...
  4. A smaller lighter version of an existing rifle with a shortened barrel
  5. A rifle with a relatively short barrel. Any rifle or carbine with a barrel less than 16" long must be registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Shotguns with barrels less than 18" long fall into the same category.
  6. A breech-loading, single-shot, rifle-barreled gun primarily used by cavalry troops. A carbine's barrel is several inches shorter than a regular rifle-musket.
  7. a short rifle usually associated as a cavalry weapon. The Sharpe’s 1859 breech-loading pattern constituted the mainstay long arm for the US signal corps.  Spencer’s carbines were issued to US signallists late in the War.   Confederate signallists were also known to carry carbines
  8. A short firearm carried by cavalry, usually of wheel-lock or flintlock pattern.
  9. A shortened version of a long barreled rifle. Carbines are under 16inchs in length and are not usually as ballistically accurate as the long guns they are derived from.
  10. Although this term is somewhat vague, it has come to mean a rifle with a relatively short barrel length and thus lighter in weight. The generally accept dividing point is 18 inches. Barrels 18 inches or shorter are considered carbines; longer barrels are called rifles.
  11. (n.) 1. A short rifle, generally one with a barrel 22 inches in length or shorter.  2. Also used to refer specifically to the U.S. Carbine, Caliber .30 M1, which was adopted by the U.S. military in 1941, and which saw extensive use in World War 2, the Korean War, and Vietnam. ...
  12. (voiced by Leah Remini) - General Carbine is the de facto leader of the Freedom Fighters, a former Army officer who defected during the Plutarkian-Mars war.
  13. A short rifle. There is no established length for a carbine.
  14. A general term referring to relatively short-barreled, quick-handling rifle. In Winchester lever-action terminology, a carbine has a single barrel band.
  15. A short light rifle. (There is some debate over whether the "i" is pronounced "eye" or "ee".) Many carbines use ammunition originally intended for handguns.
  16. a firearm similar to a rifle or musket, but generally shorter and of lesser power.
  17. The carbine never runs out of ammunition and is used primarily at the beginning of the game.
  18. A short barrel rifle.
  19. A shorter, more compact version of a rifle used for short- to medium-range target engagement, ease of transport and handling, and weight and space saving.