jockteleg

or jok·ta·leg

[ jok-tuh-leg ]
/ ˈdʒɒk təˌlɛg /

noun British Dialect.

a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.

Origin of jockteleg

1665–75; orig. Scots; first attested as jackteleg, perhaps with Jack, Jock and leg, alluding to knife handles carved in the form of a leg

Words nearby jockteleg

jockey club, jockey for position, jockey shorts, jocko, jockstrap, jockteleg, jocose, jocosity, jocular, jocularity, jocund

Example sentences from the Web for jockteleg

  • I had a cutlass, a jockteleg (or smuggler's sheaf-knife), and a pair of brass-mounted pistols ready swung in my leathern belt.

    Tales of Our Coast |S. R. Crockett