bladebone

[ bleyd-bohn ]

noun

1. the scapula, or shoulder blade.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bladebone¹

First recorded in 1670–80; blade + bone ( def )

Example Sentences

They toasted to the occasion by heading to the Bladebone Inn for champagne.

From Fox News

They toasted to the occasion by heading to the Bladebone Inn for champagne.

From Fox News

“You always hear, ‘This field has been done to death, what else is there left?’ ” said author Ausma Zehanat Khan, whose book “The Bladebone,” the final installment of her Khorasan Archives fantasy series, is due out in October.

From Washington Post

You see, he was struck from above; the wound is just behind the shoulderbone, and it has gone right down inside the bladebone, but has missed the lungs altogether—at least, we think so.

From Project Gutenberg

Martin Fidler, 60, who runs Bladebone butchers in Chapel Row said he "jumped through the ceiling with joy" when he and his wife, also 60, received the invitation from Buckingham Palace.

From BBC