BOWIE KNIFE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bowie knife mean? 

• BOWIE KNIFE (noun)
  The noun BOWIE KNIFE has 1 sense:

1. a stout hunting knife with a single edge

  Familiarity information: BOWIE KNIFE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOWIE KNIFE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stout hunting knife with a single edge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Bowie knife" is a kind of...):

knife (edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle)

 Context examples 

I shrieked as I saw it shear through the throat; whilst at the same moment Mr. Morris's bowie knife plunged into the heart.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He had parried with his great bowie knife, and at first I thought that he too had come through in safety; but as he sprang beside Jonathan, who had by now jumped from the cart, I could see that with his left hand he was clutching at his side, and that the blood was spurting through his fingers.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)