Meaning of hunting knife | Babel Free
Definitions
A knife optimized for use in hunting animals, usually with a substantial belly and sometimes with a back edge that is partially serrated for sawing; fixed-blade and folding versions are both popular, and tasks such as field dressing, skinning, and bushcraft are anticipated.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Jagdmesser
Français
couteau de chasse
Magyar
vadászkés
Italiano
coltello da caccia
Português
faca de caça
Русский
охо́тничий нож
Svenska
jaktkniv
Українська
мисливський ніж
Examples
“I had hacked at the head of one man with my hunting-knife, which was almost as big and heavy as a short sword, with such vigour, that the sharp steel had split⟳ his skull down to the eyes, and was held so fast by it that as he suddenly fell sideways the knife was twisted right out of my hand.”
“Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut⟳ his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this new toy.”
“I had had to discard my rifle before I commenced the rapid descent of the cliff, so that now I was armed only with a hunting knife, and this I whipped from its scabbard as Kho leaped toward me.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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