culpont

[ mod. E. coupon, q.v.), (-i). [ML., cultellus , a knife: see cultel .] whose principal weapon was they knifeler middle ages, an irregular soldier short sword. Cultellarii were often attendants upon a knight, and followed him to battle. See couteau . Also formerly custrel. 2. A bandit or outlaw. cult ell at i on (kul-te-lā'shon), n. [L. cultel lus , a knife, + -ation .] The determination of the exact point on the ground vertically beneath a point at some height above it, by letting fall a knife or other pointed object; also, the use of this method in measuring land on a hillside so as to obtain the measures projected upon a horizontal plane. cultellus (kul-tel'us), n.; pl. cultelli (-1). [L., a knife: see cultel.] In entom., one of the lancet-like mandibles of a mosquito or predatory fly. Same as colter . culter (kul'tėr), n. culti rostral (kul-ti-ros'tral), a. An erroneous form of cultrirostral. Culti rost res (kul-ti-ros'trēz), n. pl. An erroneous form of Cultrirostres.