Definition of Trench knife

1. Noun. A knife with a double-edged blade for hand-to-hand fighting.

Generic synonyms: Knife

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trench Knife

tremulously
tremulousness
tremulousnesses
tren
trenail
trenails
trenbolone
trench
trench coat
trench coats
trench cut
trench cuts
trench foot
trench hand
trench knife (current term)
trench lung
trench mentalities
trench mentality
trench mortar
trench mouth
trench nephritis
trench plate
trench warfare
trenchancies
trenchancy
trenchand
trenchant
trenchantly
trenchantness

Literary usage of Trench knife

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dear Old "K". by James T. Duane (1922)
"pression that the Germans were most fearful of our trench knife, ... The trench knife was made with a wooden handle grooved to brace the finger hold. ..."

2. The Big Fight (Gallipoli to the Somme) by David Fallon (1918)
"ing — trench knife clashing against trench knife, revolvers and rifles blazing directly into one another's faces. My gratitude can never abate toward that ..."

3. The Fightin' Yanks: A Book of Plain Facts, Written with the Intention of by Stanley J. Herzog (1922)
"Near the observatory I found a dead soldier who had a trench knife in hand, ... Taking the trench knife, I went back to the observation post and started to ..."

4. Yankee Ingenuity in the War by Frank Parker Stockbridge (1920)
"The trench knife developed for the use of American soldiers was a combination ... It has a flat steel THE YANKEE trench knife The handle is of solid bronze, ..."

5. A Text-book of Elementary Military Hygiene and Sanitation by Frank R. Keefer (1918)
"The bayonet, trench knife, repeating pistol, machine gun, many kinds of grenades, liquid fire, poisonous gases, and special cannon ..."

6. The International Military Digest Annual by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1919)
"German soldiers carry a sharp trench knife and a steel mace for hand-to-hand fighting. The knife is 40 cms. long and is a very eff ctive weapon. ..."

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