bowie knife

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bowie knife - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bowie knife \Bow"ie knife`\
     A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long,
     and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife,
     and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the
     United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James
     Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife.
     [1913 Webster]

bowie knife - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Bowie knife
      n 1: a stout hunting knife with a single edge