sarbacane

English

Alternative forms

sarbacand

Etymology

French sarbacane

Noun

sarbacane (plural sarbacanes)

(archaic) A blowgun.

French

Etymology

From earlier sarbatane, sarbatanne by connection with canne (“stick”), from Arabic سَبَطَانَة‎ (sabaṭāna).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saʁ.ba.kan/

Noun

sarbacane f (plural sarbacanes)

blowgun, blowpipe

Further reading

“sarbacane” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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