buckhorn

British  

/ ˈbʌkˌhɔːn /

noun

1. 1. horn from a buck, used for knife handles, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      a buckhorn knife

2. Also called: buck's horn plantain.  a Eurasian plant, Plantago coronopus , having leaves resembling a buck's horn: family Plantaginaceae

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Example Sentences

Consider the common lawn weed Plantago lanceolata, otherwise known as ribwort or buckhorn plantain, which has the longest dormancy in the United States, according to the report.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

Pentire also makes botanical, non-alcoholic spirits which don‘t fall into traditional booze categories. Their Seaward boasts “bright, zesty and verdant” flavors, with ingredients like sea rosemary, woodruff, sea buckhorn and pink grapefruit.

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2023

There, too, lay his knife, with a buckhorn hilt, worn by everyone in the belt, and his forester's axe, a small tool, but extremely useful in the woods, without which, indeed, progress was often impossible.

From After London Or, Wild England by Jefferies, Richard

“That one with the buckhorn handle and prunin’ blade.”

From Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone by Stratemeyer, Edward

But the knife that he left behind, with a buckhorn handle, was a fizzing knife, and was prized in after-years by Michael.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend