Khyber knife

American  

[kahy-ber] / ˈkaɪ bər /

noun

1. a long Indian knife having a triangular, single-edged blade with the handle set off center toward the back.

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Example Sentences

Would he cast off his beautiful yard-long Khyber knife?

From Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life by Wren, Percival Christopher

Round the corner, ten feet from the entrance, stood a guard, armed to the teeth, with a rifle, a sword, two pistols and a long curved Khyber knife stuck handy in his girdle.

From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot