| 单词 | poniard |
| 释义 | poniard (once / 6470 pages) nv A poniard is a small knife with a narrow, sharp blade. If you'd been a knight during the Middle Ages, you probably would have carried a poniard. A poniard, or poignard, is a type of dagger that you're only likely to see in a museum or used by a historical re-enactor. French and Italian Renaissance nobles were known to carry poniards, and to occasionally use them in hand-to-hand combat. The word is French, from the Old French poignal, used to mean "dagger," but literally "anything grasped in the fist," from poing, "fist." WORD FAMILYponiard: poniarded, poniarding, poniards USAGE EXAMPLESAnd she drew from her bosom a Bactrian poniard, with a jade handle enriched with inlaid circles of white gold. Gautier, Th?ophile, One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other...(2012) He stooped coolly, and, after groping some time for the poniard, drew it from the leaves among which it had fallen. Weyman, Stanley J., Historical Romances: Under the Red...(2012) What is this mysterious essence which the wasp carries in its poniard? Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), Eye Spy—Afield with Nature Among Fl...(2012) 1n a dagger with a slender blade Syn|Hyper bodkin dagger, sticker a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing 2v stab with a poniard Hyper knife, stab use a knife on |
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