English Explanatory Dictionary

cumai

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A construction method for brazing steel sheets together by sandwiching copper sheets between them and performing an ersatz forge weld, for making Japanese-style blade steel. This method is used to add ornamental copper accents into forge-worked steel, such as a copper wave in a display blade.
  2. A metal sandwich made by such a construction method

Word forms

cumai

Etymology

From translingual Cu (copper) + Japanese 枚 (“まい, mai”) (sheet). Modeled after gomai (“5 sheets”) and sanmai (“3 sheets”).

Related words

gomai sanmai
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