Meanings
nouncouteau de chasse (plural couteaux de chasse)
plural couteaux de chasse
- obsoletehunting knife
I fortunately recollected my couteau de chasse, which was by my side; with this instrument I severed the lion's head at one blow […]
1785, Rudolf Erich Raspe, The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Origin
- Frenchcouteau de chasse
- Englishcouteau de chasse
Borrowed from French couteau de chasse.
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