cutlas
- n a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
- The court-martial testimony showed that Cox, who was 23, fought his guns bravely until the crews deserted; then, cutlass in hand, he rushed up on deck to repel the boarders.
- But today's pirates have better weapons than the cutlass A pair of sluggish old fishing boats were placidly trawling off the southern shore of Thailand on a moonlit.
- A potbellied, stein-hoisting Brave celebrated Milwaukee's National League lead in German dialect, and days later Mullin's cutlass-swinging Pittsburgh Pirate was walking the .