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hunting knives

hunting knives is the plural of hunting knife.

Meaning of hunting knife

Noun

hunting knife (plural hunting knives)

  1. A knife optimized for use in hunting animals, usually with a substantial belly and sometimes with a back edge that is partially serrated for sawing; fixed-blade and folding versions are both popular, and tasks such as field dressing, skinning, and bushcraft are anticipated.
    • I had hacked at the head of one man with my hunting-knife, which was almost as big and heavy as a short sword, with such vigour, that the sharp steel had split his skull down to the eyes, and was held so fast by it that as he suddenly fell sideways the knife was twisted right out of my hand.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Questions about hunting knives

What is hunting knives the plural of?
Hunting knives is the plural of hunting knife.

Words near hunting knives in the dictionary

  1. hunting horn
  2. hunting horns
  3. hunting jacket
  4. hunting jackets
  5. hunting knife
  6. hunting knives
  7. hunting leopard
  8. hunting leopards
  9. hunting lodge
  10. hunting lodges
  11. hunting out

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