JOCKTELEG


Meaning of JOCKTELEG in English

/jok"teuh leg'/ , n. Brit. Dial.

a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.

Also, joktaleg .

[ 1665-75; orig. Scots; first attested as jackteleg, perh. with JACK, JOCK and LEG, alluding to knife handles carved in the form of a leg ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .