matchet

English

Noun

matchet (plural matchets)

1. machete
   • 1958, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Penguin (2010), page 116:

     Guns were fired on all sides and sparks flew out as matchets clanged together in warriors’ salutes.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• matcha

Verb

matchet

1. inflection of matche:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle