Carbine

kär′bīn, n. a short light musket—also Car′abine .— ns. Carbineer′ , Carabineer′ , a soldier armed with a carbine. [Fr. carabine , O. Fr. calabrin , a carbineer— calabre , a machine for casting stones—Low L. chadabula , Gr. katabolē , overthrow. Thus Diez; Littré thinks calabrin from Cal a brian.]