† curtelacen.

Forms: Also 1500s curtilace, 1600s curtelas, curtelasse, courtelace, courtlace, courtlas, curtlas.

Etymology: A variant of coutelace, 16th cent. French coutelas. It is doubtful whether the r represents an earlier l (coultelas, compare Italian coltellaccio), or arises from phonetic corruption, or popular etymology.

Obsolete.

A kind of short cutting sword; a cutlass.

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1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. vii. 160 Thei cary in their warres..a curtilace.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 291 There springs the shrub three foot aboue the grasse, Which feares the keene edge of the Curtelace.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Coutelas, a Cuttelas, courtelas, or short sword.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xv. 46 They sent him a Courtelas of great value.

1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 127 One Davis his Serjeant cut the Bow-string with his Courtlace.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	curtelace
释义	† curtelacen. Forms: Also 1500s curtilace, 1600s curtelas, curtelasse, courtelace, courtlace, courtlas, curtlas. Etymology: A variant of coutelace, 16th cent. French coutelas. It is doubtful whether the r represents an earlier l (coultelas, compare Italian coltellaccio), or arises from phonetic corruption, or popular etymology. Obsolete. A kind of short cutting sword; a cutlass. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > cutlass curtelace1555 curtal-ax1579 cutlass1594 curtaxe1596 brackmard1653 bolo1901 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. vii. 160 Thei cary in their warres..a curtilace. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 291 There springs the shrub three foot aboue the grasse, Which feares the keene edge of the Curtelace. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Coutelas, a Cuttelas, courtelas, or short sword. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xv. 46 They sent him a Courtelas of great value. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 127 One Davis his Serjeant cut the Bow-string with his Courtlace. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1555
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