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Sabre vs Cutlass - What's the difference?

sabre | cutlass |

Cutlass is a coordinate term of sabre.



As nouns the difference between sabre and cutlass

is that sabre is a light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point while cutlass is a short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.

As a verb sabre

is to hit or kill with a sabre.

sabre

English

(wikipedia sabre)

Alternative forms

* (chiefly US) saber

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
  • (UK, Canada, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

    • Usage notes

    This spelling has become relatively common in the United States due to the hockey team as well as the occasional tendency to use British spellings for archaic nouns (compare theater versus theatre).

    Verb

    (sabr)
  • (UK, Canada, transitive) To hit or kill with a sabre.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "sabre")

    See also

    * sabrer * sabreur

    Anagrams

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    cutlass

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cutlass) (es)
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * cuttoe * hanger * short sabre

    Derived terms

    * (l)