"deer horn knife" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: deer horn knives [plural]
Etymology: From deer + horn + knife. (martial arts knife): From the shape of the knife resembling deer horns or deer antlers. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|deer|horn|knife}} deer + horn + knife, {{sense|martial arts knife}} (martial arts knife): Head templates: {{en-noun|deer horn knives}} deer horn knife (plural deer horn knives)
  1. A Chinese martial arts knife resembling two crossed crescents with all outward facing edges sharpened, and a handle on an inside arc of one of the crescents. The blade allows punching, slashing, and stabbing, as well as using the outward points as guards for defence to catch incoming weapons. Synonyms: yuet Translations (martial arts knife): (Chinese), (yuè) (Chinese)
    Sense id: en-deer_horn_knife-en-noun-2v1K2C84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Chinese translations, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Chinese translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'martial arts knife': 94 6
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A knife which uses deer horn as the material for the handle. Translations (knife with handle of deer horn): hirvensarvipuukko (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-deer_horn_knife-en-noun-SR~hl8QJ Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename Disambiguation of 'knife with handle of deer horn': 26 74

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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