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byknife

byknife noun: a secondary knife carried beside a dagger or short sword.

Noun

byknife (plural byknives)

  1. A secondary knife carried beside a dagger or short sword.
    • This may represent either the top of some form of closure, or the pommel-cap of a byknife in the front of the sheath of the dagger, the remains of which are represented as if hung between the two suspension loops, its haft in front of the belt and its sheath behind the body of the pouch. It is of a...1987, Church Monuments: Journal of the Church Monuments Society, volume 2, page 5

Forms of byknife

pluralbyknives

Origin of byknife

From by or by- + knife. Compare Scots byknife, byknyfe.

Questions about byknife

What does byknife mean?
Byknife means a secondary knife carried beside a dagger or short sword.
What part of speech is byknife?
Byknife is a noun.
What is the plural of byknife?
The plural of byknife is byknives.

Words near byknife in the dictionary

  1. byion
  2. byions
  3. byke
  4. bykes
  5. Bykhaw
  6. byknife
  7. byknives
  8. Bykowski
  9. Bykowskis
  10. byland
  11. Byland Abbey

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