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cutlass en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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. 2015 September 1, Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows, →ISBN:
    • 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. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter XII, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
  2. A similarly shaped tool; a machete.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cutlasses Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

cutlass bearing · cutlassfish

Synonyms

cuttoe · hanger

Translations (30)

bg аборда́жна са́бя (a short sword with a curved blade) · iso agadaa (a short sword with a curved blade) · mk аборда́жна са́бја (a short sword with a curved blade) · fi hukari (a short sword with a curved blade) · ru са́бля (a short sword with a curved blade) · ru теса́к (a short sword with a curved blade) · pl kord (a short sword with a curved blade) · sv huggare (a short sword with a curved blade) · fr sabre d'abordage (a short sword with a curved blade) · iso ọpia (a short sword with a curved blade) · hu szablya (a short sword with a curved blade) · nl hartsvanger (a short sword with a curved blade) · pt alfanje (a short sword with a curved blade) · de Entermesser (a short sword with a curved blade) · ca alfange (a short sword with a curved blade) · ca sabre (a short sword with a curved blade) · ja カットラス (a short sword with a curved blade) · he חֶרֶב מַלָּחִים (a short sword with a curved blade) · gv cliwe marrey (a short sword with a curved blade) · cy cleddyf cwta (a short sword with a curved blade) · iso uteru (a short sword with a curved blade) · pt cutelo (a short sword with a curved blade) · ru аборда́жная са́бля (a short sword with a curved blade) · pdt Säbel (a short sword with a curved blade) · tog chipura class 7 (a short sword with a curved blade) · es sable (a short sword with a curved blade) · cy cleddyfau cwta (a short sword with a curved blade) · sw mundu (a short sword with a curved blade) · mk са́бја (a short sword with a curved blade) · no huggert (a short sword with a curved blade)

cutlass en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To cut back (vegetation) with a cutlass.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cutlasses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cutlassed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cutlassed Tense=Past lexicographic
cutlassing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic