cutlass
A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edgeA short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
» Craigengelt drew his cutlass an inch or two, and then returned it with violence into the scabbard.
Значення
значень: 2A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
Entermesser
са́бляsáblja, аборда́жная са́бляabordážnaja sáblja, теса́кtesák
a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
A similarly shaped tool; a machete.
Приклади
речень: 2Craigengelt drew his cutlass an inch or two, and then returned it with violence into the scabbard.
Kalman struck Boldi in the neck with his cutlass.
Переклади
мов: 6За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
Походження
From Middle French coutelas, from Old French coutel (“knife”) + -as (augmentative suffix).From Middle French coutelas, from Old French coutel (“knife”) + -as (augmentative suffix).
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