sabre A sabre or saber ( ) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the Early Modern warfare, early modern and Napoleonic period, Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such a ...

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 the other modern fencing weapons, t ...

, a sporting sword * Sabre (tank), a modern British armoured reconnaissance vehicle * Chinese sabre 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 Sov ...

, an American jet fighter aircraft **

North American F-100 Super Sabre The North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer North American Aviation. The first of the Century Series of American jet fighters, it was the first United ...

, an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft * SS-20 Saber, NATO designation for the RT-21M Pioneer missile

Fiction

* ''Sabre'' (Eclipse Comics), one of the first graphic novels * Sabre, a fictional electronics company from ''

The Office ''The Office'' is the title of several mockumentary sitcoms based on a British series originally created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as '' The Office'' in 2001. The original series also starred Gervais as manager and primary charac ...

'' ** Sabre (The Office), an episode of ''The Office'' * 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 an action-adventure video game series 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 prima ...

'' 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 ...

Aircraft and rocket engines

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

(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 aircraft, 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 ...

, a jet fighter aircraft *

Napier Sabre The Napier Sabre is a British H engine, H-24-cylinder, coolant, liquid-cooled, sleeve valve, piston aircraft engine, aero engine, designed by Frank Halford, Major Frank Halford and built by D. Napier & Son during World War II. The engine evolv ...

, a piston aeroengine * North American Sabreliner, a mid-sized business jet

Organisations and companies

SaBRE A sabre or saber ( ) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the Early Modern warfare, early modern and Napoleonic period, Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such a ...

(Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers), a UK government campaign * Sabre Corporation, an American travel technology company which runs an air travel reservations system by the same name *

SABRE Research UK SABRE Research UK was a British charity raising awareness of the need to remove bias from the conduct and scientific evaluation of animal research. It addressed issues in systematic reviews of animal studies (published results of laboratory an ...

, a UK charity for the scientific evaluation of animal models in medicine *

Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts A roadgeek (from ''road'' + ''geek'') is a person involved in "roadgeeking" or "road enthusiasm", an enthusiasm for roads, fond of road trips as a hobby. One may also be called a road enthusiast, road buff, roadfan or Roads Scholar, the la ...

(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 Con ...

, NHL hockey team *

Somerset Sabres Somerset County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Somerset. Founded in 1875, Somerset was initially regarded as a mino ...

, the name used by Somerset County Cricket Club in one day competition *

Sheffield Sabres Sheffield Elite is an English basketball club and academy from Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Elite compete in the English Basketball League, Division 3 North and the team's head coach is Peter Scantlebury. History Sabres (2001–2021) The Sabr ...

, an English basketball team, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Other uses

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

, a system owned by Sabre Holdings, originally developed by American Airlines *

Sabre (dinghy) The Sabre Dinghy is a class single-handed sailboat that is 12'4" or 3.76 m long. The boat was designed in 1974 by Rex Fettell, who also designed the Minnow. As of 2017 over 2,000 sail numbers have been issued. In the 2012 Australian National Tit ...

, a class of sailing dinghy *

Sabre Peak Sabre Peak is a mountain in Fiordland, New Zealand. Description Sabre Peak is part of the Darran Mountains and is situated in the Southland Region of the South Island. It is set within Fiordland National Park which is part of the Te Wahi ...

, a mountain in New Zealand *

Sabres, Landes Sabres (; ) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Landes department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Landes department of France ...

, 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 o ...

, a Honda motorcycle * SABRE Experiment, an improved version of the DAMA/LIBRA dark matter detection experiment * Sabre squadron, an army combat unit of sub-battalion size