brass knuckles

English

a set of brass knuckles

Noun

brass knuckles pl (plural only)

1. 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, knucks, knuckles

Translations

weapon which reinforces the fist

• Arabic: منافض مفصل
• Armenian: կռփազենք (hy) (kṙpʻazenkʻ), կաստետ (hy) (kastet)
• Azerbaijani: beşbarmaq
• Bulgarian: бокс m (boks)
• Catalan: puny americà m
• 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
• Italian: tirapugni (it) m
• Japanese: ナックルダスター (nakkuru dasutā), メリケンサック (meriken sakku)
• Korean: 너클 (neokeul)
• Macedonian: боксирач m (boksirač)
• Maltese: ponn tal-ħadid m
• Norwegian: knokejern n
• Persian: پنجه بوکس (fa)
• Polish: kastet (pl) m
• Portuguese: soco-inglês m, soqueira f
• Russian: касте́т (ru) m (kastét)
• Spanish: puño de acero m, (Spain) puño americano m, manopla (es) f, nudillera f
• Swedish: knogjärn (sv)
• Turkish: muşta (tr)
• Ukrainian: касте́т (uk) m (kastét)
• Vietnamese: tay đấm sắt
• Welsh: dwrn haearn m
• West Frisian: boksbûgel c