cutlass

Related topics: Weapons

cut·lass /ˈkʌtləs/ noun [countableC]

PMWa short sword with a curved blade, used by sailors or pirates in the past 〔旧时水手或海盗使用的〕短剑，短弯刀

Examples from the Corpus

cutlass• Pangas were the big cutlasses they used for agriculture-and the violent settling of a quarrel.• Some held bloody cutlasses drooping in their hands.• A swarthy fellow with ringlets was taking a slash at her with a heavy cutlass.

Origin cutlass

(1500-1600) French coutelas, from Old French coutel “knife”, from Latin cultellus

词汇	cutlass
释义	cutlass Related topics: Weapons cut·lass /ˈkʌtləs/ noun [countableC] PMWa short sword with a curved blade, used by sailors or pirates in the past 〔旧时水手或海盗使用的〕短剑，短弯刀 Examples from the Corpus cutlass• Pangas were the big cutlasses they used for agriculture-and the violent settling of a quarrel.• Some held bloody cutlasses drooping in their hands.• A swarthy fellow with ringlets was taking a slash at her with a heavy cutlass. Origin cutlass (1500-1600) French coutelas, from Old French coutel “knife”, from Latin cultellus
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