sanmai (English, noun)
expansion: sanmai (countable and uncountable, plural sanmai)
Senses:
glosses: A construction method for Japanese-style blade steels, usually sandwiching a hardenable steel in a taco of flexible steel, that is forge-welded together, leaving a hardenable edge steel and flexible spine steel, for single-edged blades.
tags: uncountable
glosses: A steel sandwich made by this method, before and after being welded.
tags: countable
Forms:
form: sanmai
tags: plural