skeleton grip

noun

A rough grip for a handle with sections of material removed to form an open frame with a honeycomb or other geometric pattern.

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Meanings

nounskeleton grip (plural skeleton grips)

plural skeleton grips

  1. A rough grip for a handle with sections of material removed to form an open frame with a honeycomb or other geometric pattern.

    He then took from under his shirts in another drawer a very flat ·25 Beretta automatic with a skeleton grip, extracted the clip and the single round in the barrel and whipped the action to and fro several times, finally pulling the trigger on the empty chamber.

    1953, Ian Fleming, “Pink Lights and Champagne”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 57
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