Suddenly, however, as we were striving so vigorously and desperately, the English girl slipped past us with the carbine in her hand, and with a quick movement dragged open the heavy door that gave exit to the lake.

Moberly and I both took carbines from the men, as they were firing wildly; the sepoy whose carbine I took invariably managed to jam the cartridge, partly his fault, and partly the fault of the worn state of the extractor.

There was a second shout from the warder, followed almost instantly by a hoarse command to halt, as the civil guard jerked his carbine to his shoulder.

On each side peasants stood with threatening mien, armed with pitchforks, revolvers and ancient carbines at full-cock.

The daughters were well married: their father could count at need on the poignards and carbines of his sons-in-law.

The men were ordered, in place of keeping their positions hidden and of maintaining absolute quiet, to move from post to post along the whole line, and they were also ordered, without any reference to the saving of ammunition, to shoot off their carbines on the least possible pretext and without pretext.

Dr. Johnson, in his Dictionary, defines a carbine as, "a small sort of fire arm;" Webster has it, "a short gun, or fire arm;" Worcester, "a small fire-arm;" Cobb, "a sort of small firearms.

None had sabres, so essential to cavalry; few had pistols, and there was not a carbine among them; but, as Johnson had said, they were accustomed to those charges on horseback, and could load and fire those long rifles with marvellous rapidity even while in the saddle.

" Dismounting, and resting the carbine over the back of my horse, I took careful, deliberate aim, and fired.

One specially well-mounted brave ran his pony along beside him and pumped the contents of his carbine into the beef's side.

#car#, for. #carabinier#, m., carabineer (soldier armed with a carbine for scouting service).

Paishon had just brought in a load, left it on the ground with his carbine beside it, and returned on the trail for another load.

He was occupied in completing the latter when he was killed by the ball of a carbine during the massacre of St. Bartholomew.