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horse brass

horse brass noun: a brass plaque used to decorate horse harness gear.

Noun

horse brass (plural horse brasses)

  1. A brass plaque used to decorate horse harness gear.
    • The animals decided unanimously to create a military decoration, "Animal Hero, First Class," which was conferred there and then on Snowball and Boxer. It consisted of a brass medal (they were really some old horse-brasses which had been found in the harness-room), to be worn on Sundays and holidays.1945, George Orwell, chapter 4, in Animal Farm
    • The pub combined all the traditional English qualities of horse brasses, Formica and surliness.1988, Douglas Adams, chapter 14, in The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, New York: Gallery Books, published 2014

Forms of horse brass

pluralhorse brasses

Questions about horse brass

What does horse brass mean?
Horse brass means a brass plaque used to decorate horse harness gear.
What part of speech is horse brass?
Horse brass is a noun.
What is the plural of horse brass?
The plural of horse brass is horse brasses.

Words near horse brass in the dictionary

  1. horse bot fly
  2. horse box
  3. horse boxes
  4. horse boy
  5. horse boys
  6. horse brass
  7. horse brasses
  8. horse bun
  9. horse bus
  10. horse buses
  11. horse butcher

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