cutlas

Example Sentences

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"Your cutlas did it at the pilot-house, sir."

From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by Raine, William MacLeod

Then with his cutlas he struck a spark and ignited his threads, carefully nursing the tiny flame until he could find a dry stick.

From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward

Crest: an arm, embowed, in armour, holding a cutlas, all proper.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

"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."

From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by Raine, William MacLeod

Even Pearse fell under the spell of fierce action; his rapier played among the heavier strokes of cutlas and broad-knife like summer lightning.

From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward