cutlass

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cutlass

/ˈkʌtləs/

Where it comes from

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

noun cutlasses

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.
A similarly shaped tool; a machete.

Similar: cuttoe, hanger

verb cutlasses · cutlassing · cutlassed

transitive To cut back (vegetation) with a cutlass.

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noun

Similar: cuttoe, hanger

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noun a short sword with a curved blade

Español	sable
日本語	カットラス kattorasu
Kiswahili	mundu
Português	alfanje, cutelo
Français	sabre d'abordage
Deutsch	Entermesser
Русский	са́бля sáblja, аборда́жная са́бля abordážnaja sáblja, теса́к tesák
עברית	חֶרֶב מַלָּחִים kherev malakhim

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@misc{cutlass_2026,
  title = {cutlass},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cutlass},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}