couteau

American  

[koo-toh] / kuˈtoʊ /

noun

plural

couteaux

1. a knife, especially a large double-edged one formerly carried as a weapon.

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couteau British  

/ kuːˈtəʊ /

noun

1. a large two-edged knife used formerly as a weapon

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Etymology

Origin of couteau

1670–80; < French; Old French coutel < Latin cultellus; see cultellus

Example Sentences

"And is he as ready with the gun as with the couteau?" said Sir William.

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir

He could say, with a fine fluency, "Ou est le blooming couteau?" or "Donnez-moi le bally fourchette, s'il vous plait, madame."

From Now It Can Be Told by Gibbs, Philip

For the matter of that, Louis, we could cut them with your couteau de chaise.

From Lost in the Backwoods by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland

With the couteau croche, the crooked knife of the North, Dick laboured slowly, fashioning with care the long tamarack strips.

From The Silent Places by White, Stewart Edward

The so called "Roman swords" are "anelaces," and a couteau de chasse of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

From Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850 by Various