curtalax

or cur·tal ax, cur·tle ax

[ kur-tl-aks ]

nounArchaic.

Origin of curtalax

1
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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