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Topic: WEAPONS

Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: coutelas, from Old French coutel 'knife', from Latin cultellus

cutlass

 noun
     
cut‧lass [countable]
PMW a short sword with a curved blade, used by sailors or pirates in the past
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