brass knuckles

English

a set of brass knuckles

Noun

brass knuckles pl (plural only)

A weapon consisting of a metal reinforcement for the clenched fist, with finger holes molded in.
Jacob always carried a set of brass knuckles, just in case he ever got caught up in a bar fight.

Synonyms

knuckle duster, knuckleduster, knucks, knuckles

Translations

weapon which reinforces the fist

Arabic: منافض مفصل‎
Armenian: կռփազենք (hy) (kṙpʿazenkʿ), կաստետ (hy) (kastet)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 指節銅環, 指节铜环 (zhǐjiétónghuán), 指節銅套, 指节铜套 (zhǐjiétóngtào), (Hong Kong) 鐵蓮花, 铁莲花 (tiěliánhuā)
Cornish: dorn brest
Danish: knojern n
Dutch: boksbeugel (nl) m
Estonian: kasteet
Finnish: nyrkkirauta (fi)
French: poing américain (fr) m
Georgian: კასტეტი (ḳasṭeṭi)
German: Schlagring (de) m
Greek: σιδηρογροθιά (el) f (sidirogrothiá)

Hebrew: אגרופן‎ (he) m (egrofán)
Hungarian: boxer (hu)
Icelandic: hnúajárn n
Irish: miotóg phráis f
Japanese: ナックルダスター (nakkuru dasutā), メリケンサック (meriken sakku)
Norwegian: knokejern n
Polish: kastet (pl) m
Portuguese: soco-inglês m, soqueira f
Russian: касте́т (ru) m (kastét)
Spanish: puño de acero m, puño americano m, manopla (es) f
Swedish: knogjärn (sv)
Vietnamese: tay đấm sắt
Welsh: dwrn haearn m

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