nose-ender

English

Etymology

nose +‎ end +‎ -er

Noun

nose-ender (plural nose-enders)

1. (boxing, slang, dated) A straight blow delivered full on the nasal promontory.
   • 1879, Ed James, The Lives and Battles of the Champions of England, page 39:

     Sayers won first blood by cutting Crouch's right eye, and the battle by knocking his man out with a nose-ender in 12 minutes 28 seconds, 6 rounds being fought.

Further reading

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary