Definition of "carving-knife" []

• A large knife used for carving meat at table. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Latin-grammar master in an infuriated state, intent on his destruction with a carving-knife."
• "You see that the horse will throw him at the very first fling; and as for the sword, it never was made for such hands as his, which were good at holding a corkscrew or a carving-knife, but not clever at the management of weapons of war."
• "In a minute he reappeared with a carving-knife in his hand."