curtalax

American  

[kur-tl-aks] / ˈkɜr tlˌæks /

Or curtal ax,

noun

Archaic.

1. cutlass.

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Etymology

Origin of curtalax

1570–80; variant (by folk etymology) of earlier curtilace, apparently < dialectal Italian cortelazo, assimilated variant of Italian coltellaccio hunting knife, equivalent to coltell ( o ) (< Latin; cultellus ) + -accio noun suffix. See cutlass