sabrage

English

Alternative forms

• saberage

Etymology

From French sabrage. By surface analysis, sabre +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈbɹɑːʒ/

Noun

sabrage (uncountable)

1. The usually ceremonial technique of opening a bottle, typically of champagne, by slicing off the bottle's neck with a sabre.

Related terms

• sabring/sabering

Translations

Translations

• French: sabrage (fr)
• Swedish: sabrering c

See also

• port tong

Anagrams

• Baergas, barages

French

Etymology

From sabre +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sabrage m (plural sabrages)

1. sabrage

Descendants

• English: sabrage

Further reading

• “sabrage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.