cutlass : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cutlass	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cutlass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cutlass n a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors Synonym(s): cutlas, cutlass
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cutlass \Cut"lass\ (k[ucr]t"l[ait]s), n.; pl. {Cutlasses} (-[ecr]z). [F. coutelas (cf. It. coltellaccio), augm. fr. L. cultellus a small knife, dim. of culter knife. See {Colter}, and cf. {Curtal ax}.] A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See {Curtal ax}. {Cutlass fish}, (Zo[94]l.), a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish ({Trichiurus lepturus}) of the southern United States and West Indies; -- called also {saber fish}, {silver eel}, and, improperly, {swordfish}.