- a variation of cutlass.
cutlas
Example Sentences
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Dolores, agile as a panther, reached the pirate with her cutlas pointed, and the steel hilt rang against his breast-bone.
From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward
"His arm's just as good as a new wooden one, and his repartee is as sharp as the cutlas that broke the skin on it."
From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by Raine, William MacLeod
"Hot work," said the Englishman coolly, putting down his rifle and taking up a revolver and a cutlas.
From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by Raine, William MacLeod
Even Pearse fell under the spell of fierce action; his rapier played among the heavier strokes of cutlas and broad-knife like summer lightning.
From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward
On the wall still hung the mate of the cutlas he had used to free Vilma; he wrenched it down and ran out into the corridor.
From Isle of the Undead by Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur
