| 释义 |
Example sentences from the Web for buckhorn“We have contingency plan after contingency plan,” says Buckhorn. Republicans Brace for a Convention Storm as Isaac Heads for Florida|Daniel Stone|August 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST On the coast of Devonshire dried whitings are called "buckhorn," a name sufficiently expressive of their hardness and insipidity. The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 2|William Finden To the east of it there is a large deep basin, formed at the foot of the channel, between Grand and Buckhorn islands. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts|George W. Holley It was an ordinary, thick Malacca cane, with a buckhorn handle and a silver band. The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 42, June, 1894|Various
This arm was fitted with buckhorn sights of the old mountain type. The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White That wind is as keen as the edge of my buckhorn hunting knife, and would go through us long before morning. The Pioneer Boys of the Yellowstone|Harrison Adams
noun- horn from a buck, used for knife handles, etc
- (as modifier)a buckhorn knife
Also called: buck's horn plantain a Eurasian plant, Plantago coronopus, having leaves resembling a buck's horn: family Plantaginaceae Words nearby buckhornbuckeye, Buckeye State, Buckfast, buck fever, buck for, buckhorn, buckhound, buckie, Buckingham, Buckingham Palace, Buckinghamshire Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |