the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation; usually called machete.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Same as machete.
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n. a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
Word Usage
"The plough has not yet reached Pongo-land; the only tools are the erem (little axe for felling), the matchet (a rude cutlass for clearing), the hoe, and a succedaneum for the dibble."