Note 15 — PREMIER ÉPISODE
Reading edition · Edition 2
2 18: carabines: 'rifles.' carabine is the French word for "rifle", fusil is the general term (gun) and is applied particularly to the shotgun The English word "rifle" is sometimes used in French for a rifle having a long barrel. With carabine cf. English "carbine," a short-barreled rifle. Translate here 'carbines, rifles.'