Definition of Hunting knife

1. Noun. A large sharp knife with a handle shaped to fit the grip.

Generic synonyms: Knife

Definition of Hunting knife

1. Noun. A large knife designed for use in hunting animals, usually with a smooth front edge and a back edge that is partially serrated for sawing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunting Knife

hunting
hunting-crop
hunting-crops
hunting-horn
hunting-horns
hunting and gathering society
hunting and gathering tribe
hunting and pecking
hunting crop
hunting dog
hunting expedition
hunting ground
hunting guide
hunting horn
hunting horns
hunting knife (current term)
hunting knives
hunting licence
hunting license
hunting lodge
hunting lodges
hunting permit
hunting phenomenon
hunting pink
hunting pinks
hunting reaction
hunting season
hunting spider
hunting watch
hunting whip

Literary usage of Hunting knife

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"... then, as he rocked and moaned, she calmly took the hunting knife she'd bought ... a tin link on the bedstand, a sound too tinny to be the hunting knife. ..."

2. Concerning the Forefathers: Being a Memoir, with Personal Narrative and by Charlotte Reeve Conover (1902)
"... his agree- pre-e,mpt a acres of land name in the Kentucky, left his in Pennsyl- worldly ROBERT PATTERSON'S hunting knife Father and son made on one part ..."

3. The Memoirs of the Gemini Generals: Personal Anecdotes, Sporting Adventures by Osborn Wilkinson, Johnson Wilkinson (1896)
"... doggerel—Ceylon Rebellion of 1848—Administering martial law—Comments at home—Seizing the leopard—My hunting-knife to the rescue—A ghastly wound—Meeting ..."

4. Handbook for Light Artillery by Alexander Brydie Dyer (1896)
"Hunting-knife. THE ARCHIBALD WHEEL. Diameter 57} inches. Width of tire 2t Weight of wheel 200 Ibs. THE nave-box (a) is made of aluminum-bronze. ..."

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