Cutlass

This article is about the sword. For other uses see Cutlass (disambiguation).

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A cutlass is a short thick sword with a curved blade sharpened on the convex side, or a gross sabre. Best known as the sailor's weapon of choice, likely because it was also robust enough to hack through heavy ropes, canvas and wood. The cutlass is the sword most usually portrayed in films about pirates.

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It was also used on land, particularly by cavalrymen such as the Mamelukes, since its curved blade made it useful for slashing and slicing combat. The typical European cavalry sword resembles a longer and thinner cutlass.

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A cutlass is as often an agricultural implement and tool, as a weapon (cf. machete, to which the same comment applies), being used commonly in rain forest and sugar cane areas, such as the Caribbean and Central America.

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Sword: A sword (from Old English sweord; akin to Old High German swerd lit. "wounding tool", from the Proto-Indo-European *swer- "to wound, to hurt") is a long edged bladed weapon, consisting in its most fundamental design of a blade, usually with two edges for striking and cutting, and a point for thrusti...

Sabre: :For other uses, see Sabre (disambiguation)....

Sailor: A sailor is a member of the crew of a ship or boat. The term may comprise anyone from an admiral in the navy to a person who goes out yachting at weekends as a hobby. A sailor is also specifically an enlisted member of a naval force....

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