Signification visuelle de 'penknife'? - apprendre avec des images, exemples du quotidien

Illustration visuelle de penknife: Canif - Image 1

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Canif

Originally a small utility knife for cutting the points of quill feathers or reeds into nibs to provide or repair writing implements in times before pens with artificial nibs, generally metal, became commercially available in the 19th century. Early versions of penknives commonly were small sheath knives.

"The old-fashioned penknife was used by the writer to sharpen his quill for his letters to family. "

L'écrivain utilisait le canif à l'ancienne pour tailler sa plume pour ses lettres à sa famille.

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Canif

A small knife designed for safe and convenient storage, typically in the form of a miniature clasp knife, or with blade retractable into the handle. For the most part, such more convenient designs eventually replaced rigid pen knives in cutting quill pens or sharpening pencils.

"My grandfather used his penknife to carefully trim the edges of the wooden box. "

Mon grand-père utilisait son canif pour tailler soigneusement les bords de la boîte en bois.

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Illustration visuelle de penknife: Couteau de poche - Image 1

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Couteau de poche

As the need to cut nibs for pens fell away, but small utility pocket-knives remained popular, "penknife" became synonymous with "pocket-knife". Modern penknives often incorporate other tools such as corkscrews, but as a rule are smaller than general-purpose pocketknives.

"My grandfather's old penknife was surprisingly useful for sharpening pencils and carving small pieces of wood for his grandchildren. "

Le vieux couteau de poche de mon grand-père était étonnamment utile pour tailler les crayons et sculpter de petits morceaux de bois pour ses petits-enfants.

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