Meanings
plural deer horn knives
- 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.
Synonyms: yuet
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a knife whose handle is made of deer horn.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Origin
From deer + horn + knife. (martial arts knife): From the shape of the knife resembling deer horns or deer antlers.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese 鉞 /钺
- 鉞 /钺 (yuè)martial arts knife
Finnish hirvensarvipuukko
- hirvensarvipuukkoknife with handle of deer horn
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deer horn knife. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deer%20horn%20knife
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