cutlass en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkʌtləs/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle French coutelas, from Old French coutel (“knife”) + -as (augmentative suffix).
Meanings
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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:
- A similarly shaped tool; a machete.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cutlasses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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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)