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cannon bits

cannon bits is the plural of cannon bit.

Meaning of cannon bit

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...

Questions about cannon bits

What is cannon bits the plural of?
Cannon bits is the plural of cannon bit.

Words near cannon bits in the dictionary

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

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