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单词 curtana
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Example sentences from the Web for curtana

  • The name of curtana for many ages continued to be given to the first royal sword in England.

    Notes and Queries 1850.04.06|Various
  • It's over two thousand from Curtana to the nearest Old Federation planet.

    Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper

curtana

/ (kɜːˈtɑːnə) /
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noun

the unpointed sword carried before an English sovereign at a coronation as an emblem of mercy

Word Origin for curtana

C15: from Anglo-Latin, from Old French cortain, the name of Roland's sword, which was broken at the point, ultimately from Latin curtus short

Words nearby curtana

curtain-twitcher, curtain wall, curtal, curtalax, curtal axe, curtana, curtate, curtilage, Curtin, Curtis, Curtiss
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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