clasp knife
clasp knife is the alternative spelling of clasp-knife.
Meaning of clasp-knife
Noun
clasp-knife (plural clasp-knives)
- Synonym of folding knife.
- ...there is yet ample evidence of the existence of clasp-knives ages before the production of the Canterbury Tales. Among Etruscan antiquities in the Bronze Room of the British Museum are several clasp-knives, some of them with bone, others with bronze hafts, their blades being of iron — a metal...1859, Journal of the British Archaeological Association
- Synonyms:
- folding knife
Forms of clasp knife
| plural | clasp knives |
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Questions about clasp knife
- What is clasp knife the alternative spelling of?
- Clasp knife is the alternative spelling of clasp-knife.
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