[
UK
/kˈʌtləs/
]
[ US /ˈkətɫəs/ ]
[ US /ˈkətɫəs/ ]
NOUN
- a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
How To Use cutlass In A Sentence
- The whole crew appeared consecutively on deck, loading old muskets and pistols, brandishing cutlasses; a few were already busy heaving the cumbersome cannons from their storage unit.
- The crew snarled like roused curs, and some made as if to stand, hands clasping the hilts of cutlasses and swords, daggers and stilettos.
- Cannon, cutlasses and pistols, as well as naval dress of the period are studiously copied as, of course, is Sir Francis Haddock's ship, which is largely based on models and plans of a French third-ranker of the period, Le Brillant.
- He deactivated the beam cutlass and slid full clips into his pistols.
- They use pikes and heavy cutlasses in a practical, serious manner.
- Around his wide waist was a braided leather belt which held the usual pirate's weapons of a cutlass and pistol as well as an ax and two smaller daggers.
- Our blades met, and he slid his thick cutlass along the length of my sword so that they were hilt-to-hilt.
- They use pikes and heavy cutlasses in a practical, serious manner.
- Consequently, anyone having reason to carry a cutlass or similar instrument in any public place is reminded to ensure that it is carried in a sheath or other covering.
- They cheered, drawing their swords and cutlasses.