bell-horse

Meanings

nounbell-horse (plural bell-horses)

industrial relationsSynonym of speeder.
Shortly before the strike in London began, his 'bell-horse' had been fined by the masons' union for breaking their regulations on work and price.
2014, John Rule, The Labouring Classes in Early Industrial England, 1750-1850, page 343
Synonyms: speeder

nounSynonym of speeder.

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