curtalax
American
[kur-tl-aks]
/ ˈkɜr tlˌæks /
Or
curtal ax,
noun
Archaic.
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; see cultellus) + -accio noun suffix. See cutlass
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