Noun: shable
| Singular | shable |
| Plural | shables |
Sample Sentences
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The Shable is more in use amongst the Horse, than other Bodies of Men, it is not altogether as long as the Sword; but to make amends for that, the Blade is twice so broad and edged on one side; and therefore it is more used for cutting than thrusting. [1680, Robert Harford, English Military Discipline, Or, The Way and Method of Exercising Horse & Foot According to the Practice of this Present Time: With a Treatise of All Sorts of Arms and Engines of War, of Fire-works, Ensigns, and Other Military Instruments, Both Ancient and Modern, Enriched with Many Figures, Robert Harford at the Angel in Cornhil, near the Royal Exchange, page 12:]
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At last, the Commander struck him with a shabble on the face. [1749, W. Crookshank, History Church of Scotland, volume II, page 22:]
Nouns inflected like shable
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrrowed from either Italian sciabla, Hungarian szablya or Polish szabla. Doublet of sabre. See: Italian Nouns '
sciabla', Hungarian Nouns '
szablya', Polish Nouns '
szabla'.