Dictionary

sheath knife en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A knife with a fixed blade that fits in a protective sheath when not in use; such a knife may be small (serving as a neck knife, boot knife, or pocketknife) or large (hung on a belt).
   • Preparing a running noose they slipped it over his arms, pinioning them to his side, and then proceeded with sheath knife and marline-spike to open his mouth for investigation, but not without strenuous efforts on the part of the subject for revengeful retaliation. 1877, R. Elton Smile [pseudonym; Elton Romeo Smilie], chapter III, in The Manatitlans; or A Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S.A., Buenos Ayres: Imprenta De Razon [actually Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press], →OCLC, page 26:
   • But when he saw this he loosened his sheath-knife and held it ready. 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 159:

Forms

Coordinates

clasp-knife · clasp knife · folding knife · folder

Hypernyms

knife · tool

Relateds

scabbard

Synonyms

fixie