ma|chet|e

ma|chet|e
ma|chet|e «muh SHEHT ee, -SHEHT; Spanish mah CHAY tay», noun.
a large, heavy knife, used as a tool fcutting brush or sugar cane and as a weapon in South America, Central America, and the West Indies.
╂[American English < Spanish machete (diminutive) < macho sledge hammer, mallet, ax, probably dialectal variant of maza < Vulgar Latin mattea; see etym. under mace1 (Cf. ↑mace)]

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