horse brass

noun

A brass plaque used to decorate horse harness gear.

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Meanings

nounhorse brass (plural horse brasses)

plural horse brasses

  1. A brass plaque used to decorate horse harness gear.

    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
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    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
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