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# cutlass

noun (a cutlass, cutlasses)

«cutlass» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A short sword with a slightly curved blade and one sharp edge, used by sailors and pirates in the past. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlass/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories about pirates and sea battles, a pirate waves a cutlass. In The Wind in the Willows, Ratty lays out weapons for each friend before the battle for Toad Hall; in pirate tales like Treasure Island, cutlasses are everywhere. Real swords are dangerous weapons, not toys.

### Examples

- The pirate drew his cutlass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlass/#x1)
- Sailors in the navy once carried cutlasses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlass/#x2)
- The captain held a cutlass in one hand and a lantern in the other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlass/#x3)
- The museum has an old naval cutlass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlass/#x4)
- «Hand over the treasure!» growled the pirate, waving his cutlass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlass/#x5)
- A cutlass is shorter than most swords. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlass/#x6)
- There was fierce struggle, in which the cutlass was torn from the pirate’s grasp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlass/#x7)

### Note

Plural cutlasses. Similar: sabre, sword, scimitar (strongly curved).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cutlass» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlass/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cutlass» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cutlass.html) on Mova free.