cutlas

Example Sentences

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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

"Whet your tusks, lads, here's the blessed manna!" squealed Caliban, a hunchbacked terror, who kept his maimed carcass secure by virtue of his viperish temper, coupled with an uncanny skill of the cutlas.

From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward

Hanglip himself seemed irresolute in the face of the maid's denial; he stood with cutlas raised, not yet sure whether to attack or first see to the treasure story.

From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward

On the wall still hung the mate of the cutlas he had used to free Vilma; he wrenched it down and ran out into the corridor.

From Isle of the Undead by Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur

Catching up a cutlas I followed him into the open.

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