curtana
curtana
[kəːˈtɑːnə, -ˈteɪnə]
noun
[kəːˈtɑːnə, -ˈteɪnə]
noun
- (Brit.)the unpointed sword carried in front of English sovereigns at their coronation to represent mercy
(英)（加冕礼上执于君主前代表仁慈的）无尖剑
- Middle English: from Anglo-Latin curtana (spatha) 'shortened (sword'), from Old French cortain, the name of the sword belonging to Roland (the point of which was damaged when it was thrust into a block of steel), from cort 'short', from Latin curtus 'cut short'
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