sabre A sabre (French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as the ...

is a type of sword. Sabre, Sabres, saber, or SABRE may also refer to:

Weapons and weapon systems

Sabre (fencing) The sabre (US English: ''saber'', both pronounced ) is one of the three disciplines of modern fencing. The sabre weapon is for thrusting and cutting with both the cutting edge and the back of the blade (unlike other modern fencing weapons, the ...

, a sporting sword *

Sabre (tank) Sabre is a variation of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), featuring the turret from a wheeled Fox Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle mounted on the hull of a tracked FV101 Scorpion. Development This UK hybrid vehicle was introduced as ...

, a modern British armoured reconnaissance vehicle *

Chinese sabre ''Dao'' (pronunciation: , English approximation: , Chinese: 刀; pinyin: ''dāo'') are single-edged Chinese swords, primarily used for slashing and chopping. The most common form is also known as the Chinese sabre, although those with wider b ...

or ''dao'', a variety of Chinese sword * HMS ''Sabre'', three ships of the Royal Navy *

North American F-86 Sabre The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing ...

, an American jet fighter aircraft **

North American F-100 Super Sabre The North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet engine, jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard (ANG) until 1979. The first of the Century S ...

, an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft *

SS-20 Saber The RSD-10 ''Pioneer'' (russian: ракета средней дальности (РСД) «Пионер» tr.: ''raketa sredney dalnosti (RSD) "Pioner"''; en, Medium-Range Missile "Pioneer") was an intermediate-range ballistic missile with a ...

, NATO designation for the RT-21M Pioneer missile

Fiction

* ''Sabre'' (Eclipse Comics), one of the first graphic novels *

Sabre (NX Files) This page is a list of the characters of ''NX Files''. * Alain Moussihttp://www.mixedmartialartsexpo.com/popups/page83.htm – Spike, Ronin * Stephan Roy – Rex * Patrick Beriault – Rio * Marc Knowles – Sniper, Akuma * Emilie Lavoie – Katan ...

, a fictional character in ''NX Files'' videos * "Sabre" (''The Office''), an episode of American sitcom ''The Office'' and a fictional electronics company * Sabre, the name of Vert Wheeler's car in '' Hot Wheels Battle Force 5'' * Sabre, a vehicle in the ''

Grand Theft Auto ''Grand Theft Auto'' (''GTA'') is a series of action-adventure games created by David Jones and Mike Dailly. Later titles were developed under the oversight of brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut. It is primarily de ...

'' video game series * ''Sabre'' (1997), a novel by

James Follett James Follett (27 July 1939 – 10 January 2021) was an English author and screenwriter. Follett became a full-time fiction writer in 1976, after resigning from contract work as a technical writer for the Ministry of Defence. He wrote over 20 n ...

Aircraft and rocket engines

SABRE (rocket engine) SABRE (Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine) is a concept under development by Reaction Engines Limited for a hypersonic precooled hybrid air-breathing rocket engine. The engine is being designed to achieve single-stage-to-orbit capability, ...

(Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine), a proposed combined cycle rocket engine * Arnet Pereyra Sabre II, an ultralight aircraft *

Canadair Sabre The Canadair Sabre is a jet fighter aircraft built by Canadair under licence from North American Aviation. A variant of the North American F-86 Sabre, it was produced until 1958 and used primarily by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) until ...

, a jet fighter aircraft *

Napier Sabre The Napier Sabre is a British H-24-cylinder, liquid-cooled, sleeve valve, piston aero engine, designed by Major Frank Halford and built by D. Napier & Son during World War II. The engine evolved to become one of the most powerful inline pi ...

, a piston aeroengine

Organisations and companies

SaBRE A sabre (French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as the ...

(Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers), a UK government campaign *

Sabre Corporation Sabre Corporation is a travel technology company based in Southlake, Texas. It is the largest global distribution systems provider for air bookings in North America. American Airlines founded the company in 1960, and it was spun off in 2000. I ...

, an American travel technology company which runs an air travel reservations system by the same name *

Sabre Medical GCE Group is a gas-equipment company based in Malmö, Sweden. Their primary products are medical and industrial gas equipment. Down the years they have taken over various other firms, including Sabre Medical (formerly Sabre Safety) who make indus ...

(previously called Sabre Safety), a Swedish gas-equipment company * SABRE Research UK, a UK charity for the scientific evaluation of animal models in medicine * Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts (SABRE), a website covering the British and Irish road network

Sports teams

Buffalo Sabres The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conf ...

, NHL hockey team * Somerset Sabres, the name used by Somerset County Cricket Club in one day competition * Sheffield Sabres, an English basketball team, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Other uses

Sabre (travel reservation system) Sabre Global Distribution System, owned by Sabre Corporation, is a travel reservation system used by travel agents and companies to search, price, book, and ticket travel services provided by airlines, hotels, car rental companies, rail providers ...

, a system owned by Sabre Holdings, originally developed by American Airlines * Sabre (dinghy), a class of sailing dinghy * Sabres, Landes, a commune in the Landes department in France *

Honda Sabre The Honda Sabre was a motorcycle made by Honda from 1982 to 1985. Two years of the Sabre production run were part of a group of Japanese motorcycles that came to be known as "tariff-busters". The 1984 and 1985 models fell in this class because of ...

, a Honda motorcycle * Sodium-iodide with Active Background REjection, a dark matter detection experiment planned for the

Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) is a laboratory 1 km deep in the Stawell Gold Mine, located in Stawell, Shire of Northern Grampians, Victoria, Australia. Together with the planned Agua Negra Deep Experiment Site (AND ...

Sabre squadron A sabre squadron, or (in US English) saber squadron, is a unit of sub-battalion size, in some military ground forces. The term originated in the British Army, and is derived from the sabre traditionally used by soldiers mounted on horses, inclu ...