Cutlass

A cutlass is a short, broad sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket-shaped guard. It was a common naval weapon during the early Age of Sail. Quotes Villain, art thou the son of Tamburlaine,And fear’st to die, or with a curtle-axeTo hew thy flesh, and make a gaping wound? Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great, Part 2: Act 3, Sc. 2 A gallant curtle-axe upon my thigh, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 1, Sc. 3 ’Twas a cutlass swipe, or an ounce of lead,Or a yawing hole in a battered head— Young E. Allison, "Derelict: The Ballad of Dead Men" Champion Ingraham Hitchcock, ed., The Dead Men’s Song (1914) Variant: "gaping" for "yawing" ... Darkness and empty chairs,This was the port that Alexander HomeHad come to with his useless cutlass-woundsAnd tales of Cook, and half-a-crown a day— Kenneth Slessor, "Five Visions of Captain Cook" (1931) External links Category:Weapons