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Definition of Sheath knife
1. Noun. A knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath.
Definition of Sheath knife
1. Noun. A knife with a fixed blade that fits in a sheath to protect the knife and its owner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheath Knife
Literary usage of Sheath knife
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Zoological Position of Texas by Edward Drinker Cope (1880)
"Sheath and belt, with " law-abiding" sheath-knife. Third quality. The "law-abiding"
sheath-knife is round at the tip of the blade, which is also thick and ..."
2. A Tale of Two Oceans: A New Story by an Old Californian : an Account of a by Ezekiel I. Barra (1893)
"... in the twinkling of an eye, pulled his sheath knife and plunged it into the
breast of the captain. The captain exclaimed, "I am killed! ..."
3. The Jefferson Borden Mutiny: Trial of George Miller, John Glew and William by Circuit Court (1st Circuit, George Miller, United States (1876)
"When I took hold of him, he reached for his sheath-knife that he had in his ...
A. It was a common sheath-knife, with a blade about six inches long and a ..."
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