cutlas A sabre which was slightly curved, but recently applied to the small-handled swords supplied to the navy--the cutlash of Jack. By Shakspeare called a curtle-axe; thus Rosalind, preparing to disguise herself as a man, is made to say, "A gallant curtle-ax upon my thigh."
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