英语词汇“squash knife”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

squash knife n. U.S. historical a thin, flat knife made from the scapula of a mammal, usually a buffalo, by North American Indians, esp. the Hidatsa, to slice squash and other soft vegetables.

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1917 E. Goodbird in G. L. Wilson Agric. of Hidatsa Indians v. 71 Each of the old women had a squash knife in her hand, made of the thin part of the shoulder bone of a buffalo, if it was an old-fashioned one; butcher knives of steel are now used.

1931 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 Nov. 10 The Indian of half a century ago was..economical of the buffalo he shot down... The shoulderblades were used in the manufacture of hoes and squash knives, spades and other tools.

1959 W. R. Wedel Introd. Kansas Archeol. 454 A thin flat subrectangular piece, measuring 28 by 65 mm., has been cut from the blade of a scapula digging tool. One long edge shows the thin beveling of the original tool blade; the other edges have been rounded and smoothed, beyond doubt purposely. The piece may have been a ‘squash knife’ or something for similar use.

1991 L. Bryan Buffalo People 175 If the Cluny inhabitants were immigrants from the farming villages on the Missouri, where were their squash knives, their scapula hoes and other digging implements?

单词	squash knife
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