HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of deer horn knife | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A Chinese martial arts knife resembling two crossed crescents with all outward facing edges sharpened, and a handle on an inside arc of one of the crescents. The blade allows punching, slashing, and stabbing, as well as using the outward points as guards for defence to catch incoming weapons.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A knife which uses deer horn as the material for the handle.

Equivalents

中文 鉞 /钺

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See deer horn knife used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course