bowie knife
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Noun (1)
- a stout hunting knife with a single edgeType of knife
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bow′ie knife′ (…).
A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; — used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54