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cutlass

cut·lass [ kúttləss ] (plural cut·lass·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. short naval sword: a short thrusting sword with a flat and slightly curved blade, used in the past especially by sailors

2. Caribbean a machete

[Late 16th century. Via French cutelas "large knife" < Latin cultellus "small knife" < culter (see coulter)]
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