The Collaborative International Dictionary
Couteau \Cou*teau"\ (k??-t?"), n. [F.] A knife; a dagger.
Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete English) A knife; a dagger.
Usage examples of "couteau".
La Couteau, who kept him on her knees, at first remained silent, as if interested in the people on the footwalks, where the bright sun was shining.
The scent made her pulse beat more quickly-not from fear, as it had when the Couteaus had threatened them, but from awe.
Maybe when he found for himself what the Couteaus really want, he got an attack of conscience.
Any minute she expected one of the Couteaus or the other cuckoos to step out into the hall, gun in hand.
La Couteau had also very complaisantly promised to call each month at one or another of her journeys in order to receive the thirty francs, thereby saving the mother the trouble of sending the money by post, and also enabling her to obtain fresh news of her child.
The Couteaus were bad enough, but the Morgans had a longtime grudge against the corbæ:, Jack in particular, which made it even more dangerous for his granddaughter, seeing how she was also Jack's daughter.