Editing Carbine (section)

==Etymology==
The name comes from its first users — cavalry troopers called "[[carabinier]]s", from the French ''carabine'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carbine |title=Carbine |website=Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary |access-date=September 26, 2018}}</ref> from Old French ''carabin'' (soldier armed with a musket), whose origin is unclear. One theory connects it to an "ancient engine of war" called a ''calabre'';<ref name="oed">{{cite web |url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/27682 |title=Carabin |website=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref> another connects it to Medieval Latin ''Calabrinus'' 'Calabrian';<ref name="oed"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/carbine |title=Carbine |website=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]] |access-date=September 26, 2018}}</ref> yet another, less likely, to ''escarrabin'', gravedigger, from the [[Scarabaeidae|scarab beetle]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/carbine |title=Carbine |date=2016 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |encyclopedia=The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |edition=Fifth |via=thefreedictionary.com |access-date=September 26, 2018}}</ref>