clasp knife

British  

noun

1. a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle

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Example Sentences

A lover and highly successful practitioner of romantic balladry, Chesterton carried a sword cane and a 14-in. clasp knife under his flowing cape.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then with a huge clasp knife he opened a can of tomatoes, raised it to his lips and drained the contents.

From Janet of the Dunes by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)

The shrewd eyes withdrew their gaze and fixed themselves on the dried buckflesh which was being finely sliced with the sharp blade of the clasp knife.

From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills

The Hunter jerked his clasp knife in the direction of the fore-hatch.

From The Long Trick by Bartimeus

The average man believed in his tin pot, plate and pannikin, galvanized soup spoon and clasp knife; there were no second course articles recognized.

From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Runciman, Walter