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The cutlass is a 17th-century descendant of the edged short sword, exemplified by the medieval falchion.. Woodsmen and soldiers in the 17th and 18th centuries used a similar short and broad backsword called a hanger, or in German a messer, meaning "knife".
The cutlass is a short sword with a wide single-edged blade that is often curved. [1] In the Royal Navy it was a sword purchased by the government and issued to ratings, the enlisted men. Officers carried privately purchased long swords and midshipmen dirks.
The Leadcutter sword or lead cutter is a type of broad, heavy, specialist English sword or cutlass. [1] Popular in the 19th century, these weapons resemble an enlarged naval cutlass, consisting of single-edged, flatbacked blades with broad widths, often flexible and sometimes slightly curved, always with a full cutlass-type hilt. [ 2 ]
Bronze Age European swords. Harpe: mentioned almost exclusively in Greek mythology; Iron Age European swords. Falcata: one-handed single-edged sword – blade 48–60 cm (19–24 in) – with forward-curving blade for slashing
A dusack or dussack (also dusägge and variants, [1] from Czech tesák "cleaver; hunting sword", lit. "fang") is a single-edged sword of the cutlass or sabre type, in use as a side arm in Germany and the Habsburg monarchy during the 16th to 17th centuries, [2] as well as a practice weapon based on this weapon used in early modern German fencing ...
The Cutlass was named after Vought F7U Cutlass, [2] as well as the type of sword, which was common during the Age of Sail. Introduced as the top trim level in Oldsmobile's compact F-85 Series, [1] the Cutlass evolved into a distinct series of its own, spawning numerous variants.
The small sword or smallsword (also court sword or dress sword, French: épée de cour) [citation needed] is a light one-handed sword designed for thrusting [citation needed] which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance. [citation needed] The height of the small sword's popularity was between the mid-17th and late ...
A sword is an edged, ... Slashing swords such as the sabre and similar blades such as the cutlass were built more heavily and were more typically used in warfare ...