Cutlass
Pronunciation : Cut"lass (kt"lass)
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [F. coutelas (cf. It. coltellaccio), augm. fr. L. cuttellus a smallknife, dim. of culter knife. See Colter, and cf. Curtal ax.]
Definition : Defn: A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax. Cutlass fish, (Zo?l.), a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish (Trichirus lepturus) of the southern United States and West Indies; -- called also saber fish, silver eel, and, improperly, swordfish.
pl. Cutlasses (-Ez).
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913