bowie knife

American  

[boh-ee, boo-ee] / ˈboʊ i, ˈbu i /

noun

1. a heavy sheath knife having a long, single-edged blade.

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bowie knife British  

/ ˈbəʊɪ /

noun

1. a stout hunting knife with a short hilt and a guard for the hand

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Etymology

Origin of bowie knife

1830–40, named after James Bowie, for whom the knife was designed, either by James or his brother Rezin P. Bowie (1793–1841)

Example Sentences

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bowie knife

Mr. Davies laid out a map of Arkansas on a heavy wooden table in his office; a shiny silver bowie knife in a shadow box was displayed nearby.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2014

David Bowie Is V&A, London SW7 Starts 23 MarchUntil 11 August 020-7942 2000 Venue details David Bowie: An 18in bowie knife … you don't do things by halves do you?

From The Guardian ● Mar. 9, 2013

Pate loses and retreats, but leaves behind his bowie knife, which then John Brown finds and makes his own.

From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2012

Boyhood friends recalled that he paid girls little attention, preferred to spend his leisure building crystal "wireless" sets or prowling through the hills of southern Ohio with a gun and a bowie knife.

From Time Magazine Archive

“It’s a bowie knife, like Texan scythes use,” Goddard told him.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman