Manchette

At the bottom of the trench we laid a stout log, in which was firmly fixed my manchette, its sharp point upward. ❋ George Forbes (N/A)

When the crocodile came to the sand-pit we had dug on the road he sank down, when the sharp blade of the manchette entered his breast, and as he dashed forward, rove him to the navel, so that he died on the spot in the greatest agony. ❋ George Forbes (N/A)

It was a simple repast -- a manchette, or small loaf of bread of pure white flour, a loaf of household bread, sometimes a lump of cheese, and either a great flagon of ale or of sweet wine, warm and spiced. ❋ Unknown (1891)

Boldly he plunged his hand in, soiling thereby his _manchette_; but he recovered the trifle. ❋ Unknown (1879)

As I looked at the slight structure, however, it appeared to me incapable of bearing more than the weight of a single man, while a few cuts with a manchette would have sent it into the torrent below. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

Each man carried by his left side a long manchette, or sword-knife, secured to his girdle. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

The only weapon Manoel possessed, besides the manchette at his girdle, was his sharp-pointed staff, -- not calculated for an encounter with so powerful a beast. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

His only resource on such an occasion is his manchette, or long knife, -- by means of which, if he can stab the jaguar, he may possibly escape. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

His only clothing was a broad-brimmed hat, and a pair of loose drawers fastened round his waist by a girdle, to which was hung his manchette. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

Manoel dashed forward and plunged his stick into the creature's neck, pinning it to the ground; then drawing his manchette, he quickly terminated its existence. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

The jaguar, however, was probably not very hungry, for before he could use his manchette, or his friends come up, the creature bounded off, leaving the hunter with the top of his ear torn away, and an ugly scratch on his head. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

a short sabre or manchette, which I wore as a sidearm. ❋ George Forbes (N/A)