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Definition of Matchet
1. Noun. A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation.
Definition of Matchet
1. Noun. machete ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matchet
Literary usage of Matchet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church Heraldry of Norfolk: A Description of All Coats of Arms on by Edmund Farrer (1887)
"V. Per saltire, on a fesse three fleurs-de-lia (matchet or Machet, Per saltire,
azure and or, on a fesse gules three fleurs-de-lis of the first. ..."
2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Give him a matchet * that he may dance." They give him a matchet. ... takes the
matchet and dances away, and dances back again. And the young women are very ..."
3. The Library of American Biography edited by Jared Sparks (1851)
"But at last he entertained the distinction, that there were matchet Englishmen,
as well as matchet Indians, and that some English did not practise as they ..."
4. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1836)
"Wm. matchet, Agent of this Society, chiefly in the State of Delaware, ...
The money received from Mr. matchet is credited in the Repository from time to ..."
5. Some Correspondence Between the Governors and Treasurers of the New England by Experience Mayhew, John W. Ford (1896)
"But, at last, he entertained the distinction, that there were ' matchet' Englishmen
as well as ' matchet' Indians, and that some English did not practise as ..."
6. Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Gloucester (Mass.), Essex Institute (1917)
"matchetT (see also matchet), Ann, d. John and Mary, June 30, 1736. John, s.
John and Mary, May 22, 1714. MATTHEWS, Martha Ann, d. ..."
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