Cutlass Definition

kutləs
cutlasses
noun
cutlasses
A short, thick, curving sword with a single cutting edge, formerly used esp. by sailors.
Webster's New World
A machete.
American Heritage
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Singular:
cutlass
Plural:
cutlasses

Origin of Cutlass

  • French coutelas from Old French coutelasse probably augmentative of coutel knife from Latin cultellus diminutive of culter knife skel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

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