choil

Meaning

Noun

• An unsharpened portion of a knife blade at the base of the blade, near the handle of the knife.
• The region of a knife where such a portion is, or would be if it existed; the region may be arranged as a grip, guard, or combination thereof (a finger choil), or it may be a notch demarking the end of the sharpened edge (a sharpening choil).

Origin

• Unknown; originally a dialectal term from Sheffield.