sanmai

English

Etymology

Japanese 三枚 (sanmai (sanmai), さんまい) (literally, 3 sheets)

Noun

sanmai (countable and uncountable, plural sanmai)

1. (uncountable) A construction method for Japanese-style blade steels, usually sandwiching a hardenable steel in a taco of flexible steel, that is forge-welded together, leaving a hardenable edge steel and flexible spine steel, for single-edged blades.
2. (countable) A steel sandwich made by this method, before and after being welded.

Coordinate terms

• tamahagane (玉鋼, たまはがね)

 

Related terms

• gomai (五枚, ごまい)

 

Anagrams

• Mainas, Samian, animas, is a man, manias