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cutlass

or ³¦³Ü³Ù·±ô²¹²õ

[ kuht-luhs ]

noun

  1. a short, heavy, slightly curved sword with a single cutting edge, formerly used by sailors.


cutlass

/ ˈ°ìÊŒ³Ù±ôÉ™²õ /

noun

  1. a curved, one-edged sword formerly used by sailors
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Origin of cutlass1

1585–95; earlier coutelace < Middle French coutelas, equivalent to coutel knife ( French couteau ) (< Latin cultellus; cultellus ) + -as augmentative suffix; cognate with Italian coltellaccio big knife; curtalax
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cutlass1

C16: from French coutelas, from coutel knife, from Latin cultellus a small knife, from culter knife; see coulter
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The Pirates are using a cutlass — think sword — for their celebration.

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He had boarded the ship off the Cuban coast and committed the outrage using Jenkins's own cutlass.

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He'd swapped his old, flabby shape for that of a lion the size of a rhino, fangs the length of cutlasses, and claws that could tear through tanks as if they were tin.

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He hiked 2 kilometers early every morning to retrieve water from a river, wielded hoe and cutlass to tend crops, trekked to Lagos for school, then topped off the day hawking.

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The occasional meat came from the wild animals Mr. Brunswijk and his brothers stalked with cutlasses.

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