boning knife

American  

noun

1. a small kitchen knife having a narrow blade for boning meat or fish.

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Example Sentences

You don't want a boning knife or a knife with a curved blade because you want to have as much contact as possible with your board in order to get the job done.

From Salon • May 31, 2022

With Leslie in the hospital, George now oversees a free-range brood of bright, curious, physically brave kids who are as comfortable with a boning knife as they are reading “Middlemarch” while wearing a gas mask.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2016

Remove carefully from the broiler, using a sharp boning knife to free it from adhesions.

From American Cookery November, 1921 by Hill, Janet McKenzie

Using a small, sharp boning knife, cut off tail.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Perdue, Mitzi

Oh, I had a boning knife and the sardine scissors.

From Ptomaine Street by Wells, Carolyn