单词 | mocotaugan |
释义 | mocotaugann. Canadian. A knife used for woodworking, chiefly by the Cree peoples of northern Canada, characteristically having a short blade that curves upwards at the end. Now more commonly called crooked knife. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > other knives bollock knifec1400 paring knife1415 spudc1440 pricking-knifec1500 shaving-knife1530–1 by-knifec1570 heading knife1574 stock knife1582 drawing knife1583 bung-knife1592 weeding knife1598 drawing knife1610 heading knife1615 draw knife1679 dressing knife1683 redishing knife1688 mocotaugan1716 skinning knife1767 paper knife1789 draw shave1824 leaf-cutter1828 piece-knife1833 nut-pick1851 relic knife1854 butch1859 straw-knife1862 sportsman's companion1863 ulu1864 skinner1872 hacker1875 over-shave1875 stripping-knife1875 Stanley knife1878 flat-back1888 gauge-knife1888 tine-knife1888 plough1899 band-knife1926 X-Acto1943 shank1953 box cutter1955 ratchet knife1966 ratchet1975 1716 in Beaver (1957) Winter 15/2 Baggonetts, Mocotawgons, Sword Blades. a1792 S. Hearne Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort (1795) vi. 169 This last was rivetted into a piece of ivory, so as to form a man's knife, known in Hudson's Bay by the name of Mokeatoggan, and is the only instrument used by them in shaping all their woodwork. a1792 S. Hearne Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort (1795) ix. 324 No other tools than an ordinary knife, turned up a little at the point..among the Southern tribes it is called Mo-co-toggan. 1940 Beaver Dec. 38 The curved canoe knives, the same articles as are included in a list of 1748 trade goods as mocotaugans. 1957 Beaver Winter 15/1 ‘Mocotawgons’ are the curved knives, still used by the Indians. 1993 Outdoor Canada Mar. 6/2 Indians didn't start making intricate rawhide..snowshoes until they traded with Europeans for steel to make curved knives called mocotaugans. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1716 |
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