BARLOW


Meaning of BARLOW in English

/bahr"loh/ , n. South Midland and Southern U.S.

a large pocketknife with one blade. Also called barlow knife .

[ 1770-80, Amer.; after a family of Sheffield cutlers named Barlow, who are alleged to have produced a knife of this type before 1700 ]

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