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curtana/kɜ:ˈtɑ:nə, -ˈteinə/n. Brit. an unpointed sword borne before English sovereigns at their coronation, as an emblem of mercy [英] (加冕时捧在国王面前作为仁慈象征的)无尖剑，慈悲之剑 [Middle English via Anglo-Latin curtana (spatha ‘sword’) from Anglo-French curtain, Old French cortain, the name of Roland's similar sword, from cort ‘short’ (as CURT)] |