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cutlass
A cutlass is a short, broad sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket-shaped guard. It was a common naval weapon.
==Etymology==
The word cutlass developed from a 17th-century English variation of ''coutelas'', a 16th-century French word for a machete-like blade (the modern French for "knife", in general, is "couteau"; the word was often spelled "cuttoe" in 17th and 18th century English). The French word is itself a corruption of the Italian ''coltellaccio'', or "large knife", a short, broad-bladed sabre popular in Italy during the 16th century〔Ossian, Rob, (The Cutlass ) (accessed Jan. 25, 2015)〕 The word comes from ''coltello'', "knife", derived ultimately from Latin ''cultellus'' meaning "small knife."〔http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cutlass〕
In the English-speaking Caribbean, the term "cutlass" is used as a word for machete.〔John Klein, ("What Is a Machete, Anyway?" ), "The Atlantic'', Oct 21, 2013 (accessed Jan 25 2015)〕〔Teresa P Blair, ''A-Z of Jamaican Patois (Patwah),'' Page 49 (Google Books Result )〕
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