knife rest , auch: kniferest

When he looked back, the knife rested hard and cold in her sleeve.

The knife rested at the base of her throat a moment later.

They both fell silent, and I felt their focus on me like the tip of a knife resting against my skin.

And she suddenly focused on the wooden block of knives resting just within his reach.

The point of his belt knife rested, a bright decoration, beneath her only eye.

I moved my wrists just enough to feel the knives resting against my arms.

Tobias glanced at the knife resting on her lap and raised an eyebrow.

The point of the knife rested high on Clyde Burke's neck.

The warrior's knife rested on the fat man's quivering jowls.

Russians, Germans, and other Europeans developed knife rests around this time.

To free his customers from this dilemma, he had the silver-plated knife rests made for $25 each.

A sharp knife rested against her neck.

Individual knife rests were used during a meal to support the knife so that it would not stain a tablecloth.

In the Victorian era, knife rests were created in a wide variety of materials, designs, and configurations.

The French also created knife rests, known as porte couteaux.

Like a chopstick rest, a knife rest keeps the dirty tip of a knife used for more than one course off the table.

Assuming restaurants are not searching for ways to spend money, especially on an item that is not exactly pilfer-proof, why the knife rests?

Bahadur pointed to the knife resting on the bunk at Sanja's side.

In the Western world, knife rests were used at table through the first half of the twentieth century, but now usually are purchased mostly as collector's items.

Sklar allowed his right hand, which had been under the table, to drift toward the top of his boot where a knife rested comfortably.

He turned, noting how Lehmann was watching them, his own pearl-handled knife resting in his lap.

The truck veered around the first knife rest, and then the second knife rest, and kept going.

The same crystal bead chargers are on the tables along with silver knife rests, fresh flowers and a fancy candleholder.

This makes the knife rest about as useful as, well, the napkin ring, which came into use when linen napkins were used for more than one meal.

The shock waves destroyed the two knife rests and the wooden roadside booth, as well as the barracks and those who slept there.