Synonyms for cutlass
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuht-luh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌt ləs |
Top 10 synonyms for cutlass Other synonyms for the word cutlass
- anlace
- arbalest
- archery
- arrow
- assegai
- atlatl
- ax
- axe
- backsword
- ballista
- banderilla
- barong
- bat
- baton
- battle-ax
- bazooka
- bilbo
- bill
- billy club
- blackjack
- blowgun
- bludgeon
- bodkin
- bolo
- boomerang
- bow and arrow
- bowie knife
- brand
- brass knuckles
- broadsword
- catapult
- claymore
- cleaver
- club
- creese
- crossbow
- cudgel
- curtana
- cutlas
- cutlass
- cutting edge
- damascus blade
- dart
- dirk
- edge
- épée
- estoc
- falchion
- flamethrower
- foil
- glaive
- hanger
- harpoon
- hatchet
- howitzer
- hunting knife
- kris
- lance
- lancet
- machete
- machine gun
- missile
- musket
- nerve gas
- nuclear bomb
- nunchaku
- pistol
- point
- poniard
- rapier
- revolver
- rifle
- ripper
- saber
- sabre
- scalpel
- scimitar
- scimiter
- scythe
- shank
- shiv
- shotgun
- sickle
- sidearm
- skean
- skewer
- skiver
- slingshot
- smallsword
- spadroon
- spear
- spike
- steel
- stiletto
- stylet
- switchblade
- sword
- tear gas
- tickler
- toledo
- weapon
Définition of cutlass
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 knife : noun cutting tool
- As in weapon : noun arm, armament
- As in blade : noun cutting tool
- As in sword : noun saber
- As in saber : noun weapon
- As in sword : noun weapon
- As in dagger : noun knife
- He ducked instinctively, striking upward with his cutlass as he did so.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- The point of the cutlass just passed my hip-bone, and gave me a smart flesh-wound.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Use only the cutlass when you gain the parapet and ply like men.
- Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
- And signing to one of the men to join Darby at the door, he drew his cutlass.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- His belt was tightly drawn round his waist, and his cutlass hung from it.
- Extract from : « Hair Breadth Escapes » by T. S. Arthur
- “You can pass if your wench gives me a kiss,” said the soldier with the cutlass.
- Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
- I longed to take my cutlass in my teeth and board a Spaniard.
- Extract from : « John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein » by Frank R. Stockton
- Cutlass in hand, Decatur was first on the deck of the enemy.
- Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
- Young Glory was in the front of the battle, laying about him with his cutlass.
- Extract from : « Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser » by Walter Fenton Mott
- To keep their piece, pistols, and cutlass clean, and fit for service.
- Extract from : « Great Pirate Stories » by Various
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