clasp knife

British  

noun

1. a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle

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Example Sentences

A lover and highly successful practitioner of romantic balladry, Chesterton carried a sword cane and a 14-in. clasp knife under his flowing cape.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fred was busy with his clasp knife, cleaning the fish, and when Lester reached them, he had half a dozen speckled beauties ready for the frying pan.

From The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold by Davenport, Spencer

She fumbled in her pocket and placed in his hand a cheap two-bladed clasp knife.

From Sea Urchins by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)

There was also a locker in the stern-sheets which was locked, and on David prising it open with his clasp knife, it was found to contain some fishing-line and hooks.

From Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)

The average man believed in his tin pot, plate and pannikin, galvanized soup spoon and clasp knife; there were no second course articles recognized.

From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Runciman, Walter