couteau

American  

[koo-toh] / kuˈtoʊ /

noun

couteaux plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• couteaux
  plural

Etymology

Origin of couteau

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

Example Sentences

As he returned it, the butts of his two revolvers and the handle of a huge couteau de chasse were plainly visible.

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard

A curiously-formed ridge—a couteau des prairies, on a small scale—traversed the plain from east to west.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various

He wore a velvet doublet of green, slashed with gold, and ornamented by a broad belt, from which hung his couteau de chasse; even to the falcon feather in his cap, nothing was forgotten.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Lever, Charles James

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