curtana
/kəːˈtɑːnə
/ /kəːˈteɪnə/noun British
The unpointed sword carried in front of English sovereigns at their coronation to represent mercy: Curtana is borne in the front rank of the regalia
Origin
Middle English: from Anglo-Latin curtana (spatha) 'shortened (sword)', from Old French cortain, the name of the sword belonging to Roland (the point of which was damaged when it was thrust into a block of steel), from cort 'short', from Latin curtus 'cut short'.
- Judaistic
- Judaite
- Judaization
- Judaize
- judas
- Judas blossom
- Judas candle
- Judas color
- Judas-colored
- be (or be caught) in a cleft stick
- be (or come) along
- be (or come) late to the party
- be (or come) nowhere
- be (or find oneself) in a minority of one
- be (or get) across something
- be (or get) dialled in
- be (or get) lost in the shuffle
- be (or get) mixed up in
- be (or get) mixed up with
- be (or get) shut of
- be (or go) on the lash
- be (or go) on the piss
- be (or go) on the shicker
- be (or have a) down on
- be (or have something) written all over one (or one's face)