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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuht-luh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌt ləs

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Définition of cutlas

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Middle French coutelas (16c.), probably from Italian coltellaccio "large knife" (with augmentative suffix -accio), from coltello "knife," from Latin cultellus "small knife," diminutive of culter "knife, plowshare," from PIE *kel-tro-, from root *(s)kel- "to cut" (see scale (n.1)).
  • As in sword : noun weapon
Example sentences :
  • Take Williams down and let him choose a revolver and a cutlas.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • With a hideous howl he darted into the hall, his cutlas above his head.
  • Extract from : « Isle of the Undead » by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach
  • A sentinel was standing by the door in front, a powerful negro, armed with revolver and cutlas.
  • Extract from : « The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories » by Grant Allen
  • Thrusting the cutlas beneath his belt, he clutched a handful of the black dust.
  • Extract from : « Isle of the Undead » by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach
  • He held the cutlas high above Darrell's throat like the blade of a guillotine.
  • Extract from : « Isle of the Undead » by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach
  • They hurried through the corridors toward the stairway, with Cliff holding the cutlas in readiness.
  • Extract from : « Isle of the Undead » by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach
  • On the wall still hung the mate of the cutlas he had used to free Vilma; he wrenched it down and ran out into the corridor.
  • Extract from : « Isle of the Undead » by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach
  • "All hands to repel boarders," shouted Morris, and drawing his cutlas he sprang forward, followed by his men.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 » by Various
  • Bothwell, making play with his cutlas against both Blythe and Yeager, was retreating slowly to the bridge rail.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • His arm's just as good as a new wooden one, and his repartee is as sharp as the cutlas that broke the skin on it.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
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