choil (English, noun)
expansion: choil (plural choils)
Senses:
glosses: An unsharpened portion of a knife blade at the base of the blade, near the handle of the knife.
glosses: The region of a knife where such a portion is, or would be if it existed; the region may be arranged as a grip, guard, or combination thereof (a finger choil), or it may be a notch demarking the end of the sharpened edge (a sharpening choil).
The portion where the heel meets the bolster.
qualifier: on fixed-blade knives
glosses: The region of a knife where such a portion is, or would be if it existed; the region may be arranged as a grip, guard, or combination thereof (a finger choil), or it may be a notch demarking the end of the sharpened edge (a sharpening choil).
The indentation of a pocket-knife blade where it joins the tang.
qualifier: on folding knives
Forms:
form: choils
tags: plural