Cutlass

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  • noun. A short heavy sword with a curved single-edged blade, once used as a weapon by sailors.
  • noun. A machete.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See cutlas.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See curtal ax.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
  • noun. A similarly shaped tool; a machete.
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  • noun. a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
    • Word Usage
    "The cutlass was a clumsy weapon, but sea fighting was hardly a fine art."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    blade  brand  steel  sword  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    arquebuse  ax  bayonet  blunderbuss  broadsword  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cuttoe  hanger  short sabre  sword  
    variant
    curtal ax  
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