cutlass
cutlass · cutlasses · cutlassed · cutlassing
To cut back with a cutlassTo cut back (vegetation) with a cutlass.
/ˈkʌtləs/
» Craigengelt drew his cutlass an inch or two, and then returned it with violence into the scabbard.
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo cut back (vegetation) with a cutlass.
Examples
2 sentencesCraigengelt 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.
Origin
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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Forms
cutlasses, cutlassing, cutlassed, cutlassedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.