horse-bell

English

Noun

horse-bell (plural horse-bells)

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