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Definition of Couteau
1. n. A knife; a dagger.
Definition of Couteau
1. a knife [n -TEAUX] - See also: knife
Lexicographical Neighbors of Couteau
Literary usage of Couteau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"... (F.) couteau courbe. A knife, which is crooked and concavo on its cutting edge.
It was formerly employed in amputation of the limbs. ..."
2. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"... and being asked how they cut their meat? said, with a certain thing they call
a couteau" —LESLIE, Second Defence of The Snahe in the Grass, p. 356. ..."
3. Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting by Campbell Hardy (1855)
"... Moose killed— The Hand Sled—The Indian couteau de Chasse—Collecting the
Meat—Fish Eagles—Substitute for a Pipe —Last night in Camp—Return to Halifax. ..."
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