Machete

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Machete \Ma*che"te\ (m[.a]*sh[e^]t"[-e]; Sp.
     m[.a]*ch[=a]"t[asl]), n. [Sp.]
     A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or
     three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish
     America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and
     for various other purposes. --J. Stevens.


  
     Syn: matchet.
          [1913 Webster] Machiavelian

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  matchet \matchet\ n.
     a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a
     weapon or for cutting vegetation; usually called {machete}.
  
     Syn: machete, panga.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  machete
       n : a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a
           weapon or for cutting vegetation [syn: {matchet}, {panga}]