deer horn knife

English

noun
Definitions
  • A Chinese martial arts knife resembling two crossed crescents with all outward facing edges sharpened, and a handle on an inside arc of one of the crescents. The blade allows punching, slashing, and stabbing, as well as using the outward points as guards for defence to catch incoming weapons.

Etymology

Compound from English deer horn + English knife (and traded, used, by the T'satsot'n, owned, a tool prominently made).

Origin

English

knife

Gloss

and traded, used, by the T'satsot'n, owned, a tool prominently made

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