snow knife

snow knife
noun
: a broad-bladed curved knife used by Eskimos for cutting and shaping blocks of snow in building snowhouses

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snow knife,
a knife of bone, formerly used by Eskimos for cutting blocks of snow in making igloos and for other purposes.

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