Definition of ulu in English:
ulu
nounPlural ulus ˈuːluːˈo͞olo͞o
A short-handled knife with a broad crescent-shaped blade traditionally used by Inuit women.
Example sentencesExamples
- She held only her ulu (crescent-knife) in hand.
- Stone tools tend to be polished slate rather than chipped stone, and include lanceolate knives, projectile heads, and the ulu transverse-bladed knife.
- Buy an ulu knife to use in your kitchen back home.
- A small brass pendant shaped like an ulu hung below her chest as she sat in the witness chair, wearing a black and brown sweater and black jeans.
- Converting the tool back-and-forth from an ulu to a hatchet is merely a matter of spreading the locking Zytel handles and reversing them.