Cutlass (disambiguation)

Cutlass may refer to:

• Cutlass (short film) - short film from 2007 directed by Kate Hudson
• Cutlass - a type of sword
• Machete - in some Caribbean countries.
• the Oldsmobile Cutlass, a car built by Oldsmobile
• Kutless, a band
• the USS Cutlass (SS-478), a submarine of the US Navy, built during World War II and later used by the Republic of China (on Taiwan). It was named after the fish.
• a nickname for the U.S. Navy's Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist pin
• the Cessna Cutlass 172RG, a type of light civilian single-engined aircraft
• the Vought Cutlass, a type of carrier-based aircraft flown by the US Navy
• the cutlassfish, a family of tropical fish
• the Cutlass programming language and application system developed by the CEGB in the 1970s and 1980s for the real-time control of power stations.
• a cutless (not cutlass) bearing is a form of stave bearing made from rubber.

Both Cutless and Cutlass are generic names for water lubricated shaft bearings where the bearing surface is made from rubber (nitrile rubber)and has lenghtwise grooves to aid cooling water to flow past the bearing, these can be contained in a shell of resin or metal. Cutless was registered as a trade name for this type of bearing in the 50's by one company, that company still trys to protect the use of this name despite the fact it is widely used and understood as a bearing type not a unique brand.

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