Associations to the word «Cutlass»

Wiktionary

CUTLASS, noun. (nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
CUTLASS, noun. A similarly shaped tool; a machete.
CUTLASS BEARING, noun. (nautical) A bearing on the drive shaft of a vessel; It is usually made of brass with an inner grooved rubber lining that is lubricated by the surrounding water entering the grooves as it rotates.

Dictionary definition

CUTLASS, noun. A short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats