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单词 trench knife
释义

trench knife


noun

a short knife for stabbing, sometimes equipped with brass knuckles as a guard, used in modern warfare in hand-to-hand combat.

Origin of trench knife

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby trench knife

trencher, trencherman, trenches, trench fever, trench foot, trench knife, trench mortar, trench mouth, trench warfare, trend, Trendelenburg position
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Example sentences from the Web for trench knife

  • Then with a veritable French trench-knife Madame cut the potatoes into long strips.

    Modern Essays|John Macy

British Dictionary definitions for trench knife

trench knife

noun

a double-edged steel knife, often with a guard in the form of a knuckle-duster, designed for close combat

Word Origin for trench knife

C20: so called because such knives were carried by patrols in the Trenches during World War I
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