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cutlas

cutlas is the obsolete form of cutlass.

Meaning of cutlass

Noun

cutlass (plural cutlasses)

  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
  2. A similarly shaped tool; a machete.

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Forms of cutlas

pluralcutlases

Questions about cutlas

What is cutlas the obsolete form of?
Cutlas is the obsolete form of cutlass.

Words near cutlas in the dictionary

  1. cutis verticis gyrata
  2. cutitis
  3. cutization
  4. Cutlack
  5. Cutland
  6. cutlas
  7. cutlases
  8. cutlash
  9. cutlashes
  10. cutlass
  11. cutlass bearing

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