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cutlass

[kuht-luhs] / ˈkʌt ləs /
NOUN
blade
Synonyms




NOUN
saber
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




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He tied a bandanna over the wound while the young man arranged on the bunk cutlases, their spare pistol, and the musket.

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

They saw two great strong-boxes filled to the brim with iron chains, broken cutlases, rusty bilboes, and rock; a fool's treasure in truth.

From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward

Before they could swing their cutlases and dash over the hammock-nettings, the British boatswain waved his cap and yelled that the Savage had surrendered.

From The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors by Paine, Ralph Delahaye

The timbered warehouses were filled with long-toms and nine-pounders, muskets, blunderbusses, pistols, cutlases, boarding-pikes, hand grenades, tomahawks, grape, canister, and doubleheaded shot.

From The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors by Paine, Ralph Delahaye




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