cutlass
noun/ˈkʌtləs/
/ˈkʌtləs/
- a short sword with a curved metal cutting edge that was used as a weapon by sailors and pirates in the pastTopics War and conflictc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French coutelas, based on Latin cultellus ‘small knife’, diminutive of culter ‘knife, ploughshare’.
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