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nounPlural knaps napnæp archaic The crest of a hill. a pathway winding around the knap of a green hill
Rhymes bap, cap, chap, clap, dap, entrap, enwrap, flap, frap, gap, giftwrap, hap, lap, Lapp, map, nap, nappe, pap, rap, sap, schappe, scrap, slap, snap, strap, tap, trap, wrap, yap, zap verbknaps, knapping, knapped napnæp [with object]Archaeology Architecture 1Shape (a piece of stone, typically flint) by striking it, so as to make a tool or weapon or a flat-faced stone for building walls. buildings made of knapped flint Example sentencesExamples - As soon as you come near to the South Downs, you get into the chalk lands, and all the older buildings begin to have knapped flints in them.
- The history of the knife is an intriguing one dating hack to simple flint tools knapped by prehistoric man.
- Several of the men show great dexterity in shaping stones into implements, a process known as stone or flint knapping.
- By around 5,000 BC a focus had developed at the confluence of the Nene and a small tributary, where people stopped to light fires, knap flint, and perform domestic tasks.
- Large numbers of Mesolithic stone tools and weapon points were found, with toolmaking waste to show that some tools were knapped, retouched and repaired on site.
- There is good flint for making tools; the abundant debris confirms that handaxes were regularly knapped there.
- 1.1archaic Strike with a hard short sound; knock.
Derivatives noun ˈnapəˈnæpər At the moment, it is thought either to be a Neolithic axe rough-out or the work of a modern flint knapper. Example sentencesExamples - Once again, the Hatch quarry represents a prospect site where the prehistoric knappers came to obtain jasper nodules and tablets scattered across the surface.
- We now know more than the simple fact that prehistoric knappers obtained tool stone at the Hatch quarry.
- If Davidson is right, the famed ‘improvement’ in hand axes 600,000 years ago would simply mean that knappers were getting more and finer flakes from each stone.
- The ancient knappers struck nodules nearly dead center with a wedge initiation of 90 deg.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'to knock, rap'): imitative; compare with Dutch and German knappen 'crack, crackle'. nounnapnæp archaic The crest of a hill. a pathway winding around the knap of a green hill
verbnapnæp [with object]Archaeology Architecture 1Shape (a piece of stone, typically flint) by striking it so as to make stone tools or weapons or to give a flat-faced stone for building walls. buildings made of knapped flint Example sentencesExamples - The history of the knife is an intriguing one dating hack to simple flint tools knapped by prehistoric man.
- As soon as you come near to the South Downs, you get into the chalk lands, and all the older buildings begin to have knapped flints in them.
- Large numbers of Mesolithic stone tools and weapon points were found, with toolmaking waste to show that some tools were knapped, retouched and repaired on site.
- Several of the men show great dexterity in shaping stones into implements, a process known as stone or flint knapping.
- By around 5,000 BC a focus had developed at the confluence of the Nene and a small tributary, where people stopped to light fires, knap flint, and perform domestic tasks.
- There is good flint for making tools; the abundant debris confirms that handaxes were regularly knapped there.
- 1.1archaic Strike with a hard short sound; knock.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘to knock, rap’): imitative; compare with Dutch and German knappen ‘crack, crackle’. |