couteau
noun
a knife, especially a large double-edged one formerly carried as a weapon.
couteaux
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pluralof couteau.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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When we were all ready to shove off, "Lafont," he said, "are the men ready with their couteaux?"
From Tom Cringle's Log by Michael Scott
Marmontel says they were often à couteaux tirés; and this, not metaphorically but literally.
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
