Definition of "wood-knife" [wood-knife]

• A short sword or dagger, used in hunting and for various purposes for which the long sword was too cumbrous. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "And thou without bow and arrow or wood-knife, I warrant me, said the witch."
• "Lincoln green, richly embroidered with gold, and crossed by the gay baldric which sustained a bugle-horn, and a wood-knife instead of a sword, became its master, as did his other vestments of court or of war."
• "At his side was his long bow, carefully wrapped in water-resistant flying-dragon skin, and from the belt which supported his short breeches of tanned duocorn hide swung a two-foot blade -- half wood-knife, half sword."