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machete|məˈtʃɛtɪ|
Forms: α. 7 matcheat, 7–9 machette, 9 matchet, -ett(e, 9– machete. β. 7 in quasi-Sp. form macheto.
[ad. Sp. machete.]
A broad and heavy knife or cutlass, used, esp. in Central America and the West Indies, both as a tool and a weapon.
1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 414 A dozen of machetos to minch the whale. 1648Gage West Indies 129 They have no weapons but a Machette, which is a short Tuck. 1685Wafer Voy. (1729) 278 Having no tool with us except a Macheat or long knife. 1697W. Dampier Voy. (1729) I. 13 We tempted him with Beads, Money, Hatchets, Matcheats, or long knives. 1831J. Holland Manuf. Metal I. 142 These tools consist of matchets, canebills and hoes. 1832M. R. Mitford Lights & Shadows Amer. Life III. 215 The monteros drew their machetes, the sharp broad⁓swords they usually carry about with them. 1854J. L. Stephens Centr. Amer. 70 The Machete, or chopping-knife..varies in form in different sections of the country. 1863R. F. Burton Abeokuta II. 92 Little things here means matchets and mirrors, kerchiefs and blue baft, rum and tobacco. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 161 A wall made up of strong tendrils and climbing grasses, through which the said atom has to cut its way with a machette. 1956H. G. de Lisser Cup & Lip v. 66 A dozen black men rushed forward, two with upraised machetes. 1958J. Cope Golden Oriole xxiii. 131 On the far side of the wooden building an old man hired by Chipi was slowly chopping with a machete at the tropical growth. 1962S. Wynter Hills of Hebron ii. 29 The shadow of a man flung across the dirt track as he stalked along, one hand swinging free, the other with his machete held at the ready. 1973Black World Sept. 12/2 The blade of the machete has a deeper significance in the song of the cane cutter.
attrib.1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 44 Matchett Maker. 1887C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Afr. 233 The vines..are being used only for matchet handles. |