noun
tailor's knife
A specialized knife used in tailoring and dressmaking for cutting fabric. The term is fairly specific and not an everyday household word.
裁ち庖丁は布を裁つための専用の刃物です。
A tailor's knife is a specialized blade for cutting cloth.
Standard kanji spelling for a tailor's knife. The character 庖 is a variant of 包, but 裁ち庖丁 is the form given.
Common variant using the standard 包 character. Learners may encounter this spelling more often in modern contexts.
裁ち鋏 (tailor's shears) are scissors used for cutting fabric, while 裁ち庖丁 is a knife. Both are tailoring tools, but the knife is used differently, often for precise cuts or heavy fabrics.
Compound of 裁ち (tachi, 'cutting', from 裁つ) and 庖丁 (hōchō, 'kitchen knife'). The spelling 庖丁 is a variant of 包丁. The term directly describes a knife used for cutting cloth in tailoring.