Chapter Cumberland to Cushla Machree of C by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Curtana, the sword of Edward the Confessor, which had no point, and was therefore the emblem of mercy. Till the reign of Henry III. the royal sword of England was so called.

But when Curtana will not do the deed,
You lay the pointless clergy-weapon by,
And to the laws, your sword of justice, fly.
   —Dryden: The Hind and the Panther, ii. (1687).

Curtana or Courtain, the sword of Ogier the Dane.

He [Ogier] drew Courtain his sword out of its sheath.
   —W. Morris: Earthly Paradise, 634.

Curt-Hose , Robert II. due de Normandie (1087–1134).

Curt-Mantle, Henry II. of England (1133, 1154–1189). So called because he wore the Anjou mantle, which was shorter than the robe worn by his predecessors.

Curtise, one of Petruchio’s servants.—Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew (1594).

Curtise, the hound in the beast-epic of Reynard the Fox, by Heinrich von Alkmaar (1498).

Curzon Street (London). So named after the ground-landlord, George Augustus Curzon, third viscount Howe.

Cushla Machree (Irish), “My heart’s delight.”