/kerr"tl aks'/ , n. Archaic.
cutlass.
Also, curtle ax .
[ 1570-80; var. (by folk etym.) of earlier curtilace, appar. cortelazo, assimilated var. of It coltellaccio hunting knife, equiv. to coltell ( o ) ( -accio n. suffix. See CUTLASS ]
/kerr"tl aks'/ , n. Archaic.
cutlass.
Also, curtle ax .
[ 1570-80; var. (by folk etym.) of earlier curtilace, appar. cortelazo, assimilated var. of It coltellaccio hunting knife, equiv. to coltell ( o ) ( -accio n. suffix. See CUTLASS ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012