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byknives

byknives is the plural of byknife.

Meaning of byknife

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

Questions about byknives

What is byknives the plural of?
Byknives is the plural of byknife.

Words near byknives in the dictionary

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

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