‖ kukri
(ˈkʊkrɪ)
Also 9 khookheri, kookaree, -eree, -i(e, -y, kookree, -i(e, kukrie, kukeri, kukkri, koukri.
[Hindī kukṛī.]
A curved knife, broader at the point than at the handle, and usually having the keen edge on the concave side, used by the Gurkas of India.
| 1811 Kirkpatrick Nepaul v. 118 The dagger, or knife, worn by every Nepaulian, and called Khookheri. 1832 Mundy Pen & Pencil Sk. I. 197 Arming himself with a kookaree or mountain dagger. 1859 Lang Wand. India 312 By the side of him knelt the little Goorkha, armed with the kookeree. 1884 A. Forbes in Pall Mall G. 19 Mar. 1/2 The Ghoorka kukrie, the American bowie knife, or any other kindred instrument. 1897 Ld. Roberts 41 Yrs. India lxviii. (1898) 538 The Maharaja gave me a gold-mounted kookri. |