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cane knives

cane knives is the plural of cane knife.

Meaning of cane knife

Noun

cane knife (plural cane knives)

  1. A large hand-wielded cutting tool similar to a machete, used for cutting sugar cane.
    • The stripping, topping, and cutting of the cane are usually accomplished by hand with a cane knife. This implement has a small hook at the tip of the back of the blade that helps in raking or beating off the leaves[…]1917, Peter A. Yoder, Sugar-cane Culture for Sirup Production in the United States, page 24

Questions about cane knives

What is cane knives the plural of?
Cane knives is the plural of cane knife.

Words near cane knives in the dictionary

  1. cane grasses
  2. cane it
  3. cane juice
  4. cane juices
  5. cane knife
  6. cane knives
  7. cane piece
  8. cane pieces
  9. cane rat
  10. cane rats
  11. cane sugar

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