cutlass has definitions from the field of arms
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[ noun ] (arms) a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors

Synonyms

cutlas

Used in print

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

The road seemed animated with a few more wagons than usual ; a carriage raising_up the choking June dust , and beyond , in a meadow , a local militia company drilling with muskets , Kentuck ' rifles , every kind of horse pistol , old sword , or cutlass .

Related terms

sword

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