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n. a large hand-wielded cutting tool similar to a machete, used for cutting sugar cane.
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A cane knife is a large hand-wielded cutting tool similar to a machete. Its use is prevalent in the harvesting of sugarcane in dominant cane-growing countries such as Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Australia, South Africa, Ecuador, Cuba, Jamaica, the Philippines and parts of the United States, especially Louisiana and Florida, as well as Hawaii. It is the primary tool used in countries that do not employ mechanical means for harvesting cane. In the Philippines, particularly in the island of Negros, itinerant sugarcane cutters called sacadas employ this blade, which they call an espading. The term is borrowed from the Spanish word espada, meaning "sword", while in Tagalog it is called palang. In the South Pacific, the metal hook of the cane knife was melded with the indigenous serrated warclub, resulting in the hook-bladed weapon used in modern Samoan fire knife dancing.
Usage examples of "cane knife".
From above, he hurled the unwieldy cane knife down, since he preferred to depend upon his own scientifically developed weapons.
The professor's change in appearance went beyond a simple sugar cane knife.
Charles put a cane knife in him, spilled his guts in the cane field, happily kicked his innards around in the dirt, and departed and never looked back.
We used the last of Mama's supply when one of the field hands had nearly severed the calf of his leg with a cane knife.