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horse-bell

horse-bell noun: a bell attached to a horse so that it may be easily located, or for aesthetic reasons.

Noun

horse-bell (plural horse-bells)

  1. A bell attached to a horse so that it may be easily located, or for aesthetic reasons.
    • [T]he river bank was bright with campfires, noisy with horse-bells and singing.1945, Tom Ronan, Strangers on the Ophir, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 75

Forms of horse-bell

pluralhorse-bells

Questions about horse-bell

What does horse-bell mean?
Horse-bell means a bell attached to a horse so that it may be easily located, or for aesthetic reasons.
What part of speech is horse-bell?
Horse-bell is a noun.
What is the plural of horse-bell?
The plural of horse-bell is horse-bells.

Words near horse-bell in the dictionary

  1. horse's hoof
  2. horse's hoofs
  3. horse's mouth
  4. horse-bee
  5. horse-bees
  6. horse-bell
  7. horse-bells
  8. horse-block
  9. horse-blocks
  10. horse-bread
  11. horse-breaker

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