What is the difference between cutlass and sword?
cutlass | sword |
(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
A similarly shaped tool; a machete.
(weaponry) A long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice.
* 1591 , William Shakespeare, Henry VI , Part III, Act II, Scene II, line 59.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 49.
Someone paid to handle a sword.
(tarot) A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.
(tarot) A card of this suit.
(weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Sword is a coordinate term of cutlass.
As nouns the difference between cutlass and sword
is that cutlass is a short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship while sword is a long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice.cutlass
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Noun
(wikipedia cutlass) (es)Synonyms
* cuttoe * hanger * short sabreDerived terms
* (l)sword
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently.
- Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both.