Curtle-axe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Curtle-axe is a noun meaning Obsolete form of cutlass.
Meaning
Obsolete form of cutlass.
Example Sentences
Lie here ye weedes that I diſdaine to weare, This compleat armor, and this curtle-axe Are adiuncts more beſeeming Tamburlaine.
Though it was preposterous to suppose these carrion-gorged predators would molest us, my guards doubled their sentries; those who slept did so in their corslets, with curtelaxes in their hands.
That I did ſuite me all points like a man, A gallant curtelax vpon my thigh, A bore‑ſpeare in my hand, and in my heart Lye there what hidden womans feare there will, Weele haue a ſwaſhing and a marſhall outſide, […]
Word Forms
- curtle-axes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cutlas, cutlass, cutlash, curtal, cutter, clipper.
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