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View synonyms for hunting knife

hunting knife

noun

  1. a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.


hunting knife

noun

  1. a knife used for flaying and cutting up game and sometimes for killing it
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hunting knife1

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
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Example Sentences

His hunting knives and patches are sealed away in a glass case.

From Time

Nimble-finger never finished that bone-handled hunting knife.

With his usual contemptuous air he regarded the young Indian, who was unarmed, save for the sheathed hunting knife.

The hermit also made him a present of a long hunting-knife; and he gave one of a smaller size to Martin.

Soon as thought of, he unsheathed his hunting-knife, and set to cutting the grass, as reaper with “hook and crook.”

This was crossed by another shoulder belt, to which was hung a hunting knife, or couteau de chasse.

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