Craigengelt drew his cutlass an inch or two, and then returned it with violence into the scabbard.
Source: tatoeba (7752241)
Cutlass
//ˈkʌtləs//
Synonyms for "cutlass" (10 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- аборда́жна са́бя noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Catalan
2 entries- alfange noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
- sabre noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Dutch
1 entries- hartsvanger noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Finnish
1 entries- hukari noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
French
1 entries- sabre d'abordage noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
German
1 entries- Entermesser noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֶרֶב מַלָּחִים noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Hungarian
1 entries- szablya noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Japanese
1 entries- カットラス noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Macedonian
2 entries- аборда́жна са́бја noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
- са́бја noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Manx
1 entries- cliwe marrey noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Norwegian
1 entries- huggert noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Säbel noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Polish
1 entries- kord noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Portuguese
2 entries- alfanje noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
- cutelo noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Russian
3 entries- аборда́жная са́бля noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
- са́бля noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
- теса́к noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Spanish
1 entries- sable noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Swahili
1 entries- mundu noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Swedish
1 entries- huggare noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Tonga (Malawi)
1 entries- chipura class 7 noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Welsh
2 entries- cleddyf cwta noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
- cleddyfau cwta noun (a short sword with a curved blade)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Kalman struck Boldi in the neck with his cutlass.
Source: tatoeba (12071046)
She could feel Tern’s stare fixed right between her shoulder blades, and knew he was aching to plunge his cutlass there.
Source: wiktionary
In vain the captain threatened to throw him overboard; suspended a cutlass over his naked wrists; Queequeg was the son of a King, and Queequeg budged not.
Source: wiktionary
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