slipjoint

English

Etymology

slip +‎ joint

Noun

slipjoint (plural slipjoints)

(chiefly attributive) 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 non-locking type of joint.
(metonymically) A knife or other tool with such a joint; usually a pocketknife.

Coordinate terms

Translations

mechanism

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Finnish: kitkalukko
German: Slipjointverschluss m
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