choil

Etymology

 * originally a dialectal term from.

Noun

 * 1) An unsharpened portion of a knife blade at the base of the blade, near the handle of the knife.
 * 2) 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).
 * This knife's large finger choil helps compensate for the short handle.
 * 1)  The portion where the heel meets the bolster.
 * 2)  The indentation of a pocket-knife blade where it joins the tang.