Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cutlass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A corruption of
cutlass .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[By folk etymology from earlier coutelace, curtelace, cutlass, from Old French coutelas; see cutlass.]
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