clasp-knife

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   dated: a pocketknife whose blade folds into the handle

   He closed the clasp-knife before slipping it back into his pocket.

From clasp + knife, referring to a knife whose hinged blade closes or clasps into its handle. The term is now less common than folding knife or pocketknife.

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