Cutlass

Definitions

1. A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
2. A similarly shaped tool; a machete.

Equivalents

Examples

“She could feel⟳ Tern’s stare⟳ fixed right between her shoulder blades, and knew he was aching to plunge his cutlass there.”

“In vain the captain threatened to throw⟳ him overboard; suspended a cutlass over his naked wrists; Queequeg was the son of a King, and Queequeg budged not.”

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