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单词 curtal-ax
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curtal-axcurtal-axen.

Forms: 1500s–1600s curtleax(e, 1500s curtilax, 1500s–1600s courtelax(e, curtelax(e, 1600s curtlax, courtlax, curtelaxe, courtle-axe, cortelax, 1500s–1800s curtle-ax(e, curtle axe, 1700s– curtal-axe.
Etymology: A much perverted form of the word cutlass n. (in 16th cent. coutelas , coutelase , cuttleass , etc.), through the intermediate perversions cut(t)le-ax , and curtelas , courtelace , curtelace n., the peculiarities of which it combines. The form curtal-ax , with its variants, was so distinct fromcutlass , that it acquired a kind of permanent standing, the identification of the final part with axe n.1, axe, being favoured by the use of the weapon in delivering slashing blows.
Obsolete exc. Historical (or archaic).
A short broad cutting sword, a cutlass n.; any heavy slashing sword. (Apparently sometimes taken by persons unfamiliar with the weapon for some kind of battle-axe. Cf. Spenser's curtaxe n.)
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curtelace1555
curtal-ax1579
cutlass1594
curtaxe1596
brackmard1653
bolo1901
1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 798 His Father..drew out his Curtleax and wounded him.
1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie Pref. Hewn down by a soldier with his curtle axe.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxi. 164 A Fawcheon or Curt-lax, to slash and wound his enemie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 116 A gallant curtelax vpon my thigh. View more context for this quotation
1665 G. Havers tr. P. della Valle Trav. E. India 109 A short and very broad Sword like a Cortelax.
1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xiii. 147 A weighty curtal-axe he bare.
1874 J. L. Motley Life John of Barneveld I. viii. 334 Swinging the sharpest curtal-axes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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