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horse-bells

horse-bells is the plural of horse-bell.

Meaning of horse-bell

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

Questions about horse-bells

What is horse-bells the plural of?
Horse-bells is the plural of horse-bell.

Words near horse-bells in the dictionary

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

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