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cannon bit

cannon bit noun: a smooth round bit for a horse.

Noun

cannon bit (plural cannon bits)

  1. A smooth round bit for a horse.
    • I’ll be bound, Lady Ashton understands every machine for breaking in the human mind, and there are as many as there are cannon-bit, martingales, and cavessons for young colts.1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume III (The Bride of Lammermoor), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable...

Forms of cannon bit

pluralcannon bits

Questions about cannon bit

What does cannon bit mean?
Cannon bit means a smooth round bit for a horse.
What part of speech is cannon bit?
Cannon bit is a noun.
What is the plural of cannon bit?
The plural of cannon bit is cannon bits.

Words near cannon bit in the dictionary

  1. cannolis
  2. cannolo
  3. cannon
  4. cannon ball
  5. cannon balls
  6. cannon bit
  7. cannon bits
  8. cannon bone
  9. cannon bones
  10. cannon box
  11. cannon boxes

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