backed blade

noun

A prehistoric flint knife with one edge blunted (backed) and the other sharpened.

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Meanings

nounbacked blade (plural backed blades)

plural backed blades

  1. archaeologyA prehistoric flint knife with one edge blunted (backed) and the other sharpened.
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APA

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Chicago

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