(shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
“But they must wait in patience yet a little longer, if even a knucklebone is to be a share.”
“Much of this has been known about and discussed by Coppola fans, who croon over every scrap of hearsay like relic hunters musing on the knucklebone of a saint, but, until now, little of it has been open to public viewing.”
“Mason has his arm in a sling as he recovers from his shoulder operation and Ben Smith is out with a broken knucklebone.”
