knuckle-dustern.

Brit.

/ˈnʌklˌdʌstə/, U.S.

/ˈnək(ə)lˌdəstər/

Etymology: < knuckle n. + duster n. (originally criminals' slang, U.S.)

A metal instrument made to cover the knuckles, so as to protect them from injury in striking, and at the same time to add force to a blow given with the fist thus covered.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > blunt weapons other than sticks > [noun] > cestus or knuckle-duster

whirlbat1565

hurlbat1603

ceste1616

gauntlet1697

glove of death1725

whirly-bat1725

cestus1735

knuckle-duster1858

knuck1897

knuckle-

1858 Times 15 Feb. (Farmer) Knuckle-duster..a formidable American instrument, made of brass, which slips easily on to the four fingers of the hand, and having a projecting surface, across the knuckles, is calculated..to inflict serious injury on the person against whom it is directed.

1861 All Year Round 13 July 372 But what the crew most feared, was the free use of the ‘brass knuckles’ or ‘knuckle-dusters’... These are brass finger-guards, not unlike what the Roman gladiators called the cestus; they constitute a regular portion of the equipment of an officer of the American mercantile marine.

1862 Illustr. London News 11 Jan. 51/2 The American ‘shoulder-hitters’, ‘knuckle-dusters’, and ‘gum-ticklers’.

1862 Ann. Reg. 193 One of them struck him a fearful blow with a ‘knuckle-duster’.

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 211 Sometimes a knuckle-duster has knobs or points projecting, so as to mutilate and disfigure the person struck.

attributive.1870 Standard 15 Dec. I have been in many mobs, and have been charged both by cavalry and the knuckleduster brigade in Paris.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knuckle-duster
释义	knuckle-dustern. Brit. /ˈnʌklˌdʌstə/, U.S. /ˈnək(ə)lˌdəstər/ Etymology: < knuckle n. + duster n. (originally criminals' slang, U.S.) A metal instrument made to cover the knuckles, so as to protect them from injury in striking, and at the same time to add force to a blow given with the fist thus covered. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > blunt weapons other than sticks > [noun] > cestus or knuckle-duster whirlbat1565 hurlbat1603 ceste1616 gauntlet1697 glove of death1725 whirly-bat1725 cestus1735 knuckle-duster1858 knuck1897 knuckle- 1858 Times 15 Feb. (Farmer) Knuckle-duster..a formidable American instrument, made of brass, which slips easily on to the four fingers of the hand, and having a projecting surface, across the knuckles, is calculated..to inflict serious injury on the person against whom it is directed. 1861 All Year Round 13 July 372 But what the crew most feared, was the free use of the ‘brass knuckles’ or ‘knuckle-dusters’... These are brass finger-guards, not unlike what the Roman gladiators called the cestus; they constitute a regular portion of the equipment of an officer of the American mercantile marine. 1862 Illustr. London News 11 Jan. 51/2 The American ‘shoulder-hitters’, ‘knuckle-dusters’, and ‘gum-ticklers’. 1862 Ann. Reg. 193 One of them struck him a fearful blow with a ‘knuckle-duster’. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 211 Sometimes a knuckle-duster has knobs or points projecting, so as to mutilate and disfigure the person struck. attributive.1870 Standard 15 Dec. I have been in many mobs, and have been charged both by cavalry and the knuckleduster brigade in Paris. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858
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