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Cutlass

//ˈkʌtləs// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.

    "She could feel Tern’s stare fixed right between her shoulder blades, and knew he was aching to plunge his cutlass there."

  2. 2
    a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors wordnet
  3. 3
    A similarly shaped tool; a machete.
Verb
  1. 1
    To cut back (vegetation) with a cutlass. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French coutelas, from Old French coutel (“knife”) + -as (augmentative suffix).

Etymology 2

From Middle French coutelas, from Old French coutel (“knife”) + -as (augmentative suffix).

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