cutlas

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

Thrusting the cutlas beneath his belt, he clutched a handful of the black dust.

"Nonsense, man! take this cutlas, and here's a pair of pistols; come, we shall be too late for them."

Twelve carronades occupied a double row of port-holes, and the deck seemed crowded with men, all armed with cutlases and pistols.

"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.