CUTLASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cutlass mean? 

• CUTLASS (noun)
  The noun CUTLASS has 1 sense:

1. a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors

  Familiarity information: CUTLASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUTLASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cutlas; cutlass

Hypernyms ("cutlass" is a kind of...):

blade; brand; steel; sword (a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard)

 Context examples 

Mechanically, I obeyed, turned eastwards, and with my cutlass raised, ran round the corner of the house.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

It was a rough little bit of cutlass and pistol work.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Meanwhile a third, running unharmed all around the house, appeared suddenly in the doorway and fell with his cutlass on the doctor.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

One man, in a red night-cap, with his cutlass in his mouth, had even got upon the top and thrown a leg across.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Silver had two guns slung about him—one before and one behind—besides the great cutlass at his waist and a pistol in each pocket of his square-tailed coat.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

At the same time, observing Gray to be unarmed, I handed him my cutlass.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

In the middle, the cutlasses lay ranged.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“Sir,” said I, “it is for yourself I mean. The captain is not what he used to be. He sits with a drawn cutlass. Another gentleman—”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He was a pale, tallowy creature, wanting two fingers of the left hand, and though he wore a cutlass, he did not look much like a fighter.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He had an alarming way now when he was drunk of drawing his cutlass and laying it bare before him on the table.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)