cutlass

📅 Updated:2021-04-21

🕒 Created:2015-04-06

🆔 ID:7453

Description

A cutlass is a short, broad sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket-shaped guard. It was a common naval weapon during the early Age of Sail, and was very likely the ancestor of the machete. Often associated with pirates.