cutlass• Pangas were the big cutlasses they used for agriculture-and the violent settling of a quarrel.• Some held bloodycutlassesdrooping in their hands.• A swarthyfellow with ringlets was taking a slash at her with a heavy cutlass.
Origincutlass
(1500-1600)Frenchcoutelas, from Old Frenchcoutel“knife”, from Latincultellus