kukri
a large knife having a heavy curved blade that is sharp on the concave side, used by the Napalese Gurkhas for hunting and combat.
Origin of kukri
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How to use kukri in a sentence
And they went, with bayonets fixed and kukris bared; but the rebels waited not.
The Disputed V.C. | Frederick P. GibbonOn several occasions they hesitated to soil their kukris when they could despatch their victims in any other way.
The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund CandlerThe rest of the detachment piled arms, drew their kukris and proceeded to clear the jungle.
Life in an Indian Outpost | Gordon CasserlyBut a couple of his Sirmur men had sprung after him, and with their kukris they quickly despatched two of the pandies.
The Disputed V.C. | Frederick P. GibbonThe vicious kukris flashed and flickered and bit deep, and the sepoys fell to right and left of that living wedge of Himalayans.
The Disputed V.C. | Frederick P. Gibbon
British Dictionary definitions for kukri
/ (ˈkʊkrɪ) /
a knife with a curved blade that broadens towards the point, esp as used by Gurkhas
Origin of kukri
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