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ˈpowder-horn
A powder-flask made of the horn of an ox or cow with a wooden or metal bottom at the larger end. Sometimes applied to a powder-flask of some other material.
1533Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VI. 162 Item, ane pulder horne. 1695Lond. Gaz. No. 3100/3 The Musket of one of them..went off, and set his Bandeliers on fire, and they the Powder-Horns which hung in the Gun-Room. a1745Swift Direct. Servants Introd. §35 You may..stick your candle in a bottle, or..in a powder-horn. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. IV. xv. 419 The hardy backswoodsman,..armed with a rifle, a powder-horn, and a pouch for shot and bullets. 1906Athenæum 1 Dec. 687/1 Illustrations of a papier mâché powder-horn..decorated with designs by him. |