slipjoint
Meanings
noun
- A type of joint for a folding knife, involving a spring that helps hold the blade open against some pressure but does not lock it open in the sense of any positive engagement by the parts of any lock mechanism; it is thus a nonlocking type of joint.
- A knife or other tool with such a joint; usually a pocketknife.
Word forms
Etymology
From slip + joint.
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