powder hornn.

Brit.

/ˈpaʊdə hɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈpaʊdər ˌ(h)ɔrn/

Forms: see powder n.¹ and horn n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: powder n.¹, horn n.

Etymology: < powder n.¹ + horn n.

Now chiefly historical.

A powder flask made of the horn of an ox, cow, etc., with a wooden or metal bottom at the larger end. Also: a horn-shaped powder flask made of some other material.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > container for gunpowder

powder box1379

powder barrel1496

powder poke1496

powder horn1508

powder bag1533

flask1549

powder flask1552

budge-barrel1627

powder chest1627

powder magazine1712

auget1752

powder keg1791

salting-box1802

pulverain1890

1508 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 107 The kingis powdir horn of silvir.

1533 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 162 Item, ane pulder horne.

1581 Edinb. Test. IX. f. 184, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Pouder-, Pulder-, Poulder-horn(e xij poulder hornes price of the pece xiij s. iiij d.

1645 in C. W. Manwaring Digest Early Connecticut Probate Rec. (1904) I. 21 A file, a butter tub, a powder horn, a prre of old Stockings.

1695 London 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.

1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 16 You may..stick your Candle in a Bottle, or..in a Powder-horn.

1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina ii. ii. 322 Each having a good horse well equipt, a rifle, two dragoon pistols, and a hanger, besides a powder horn, shot pouch and tomahawk.

1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 170 Powder-horns, shot-belts, and game-bags scattered about.

1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) IV. xv. 419 The hardy backswoodsman,..armed with a rifle, a powder-horn, and a pouch for shot and bullets.

1906 Athenæum 1 Dec. 687/1 Illustrations of a papier mâché powder-horn..decorated with designs by him.

1916 C. Eastman From Deep Woods 31 [I took] my Hudson Bay flintlock gun..with my shot-pouch and a well-filled powder-horn.

1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart 853 It involved pouring the correct amount of gunpowder into the small muzzle hole of the gun from a powder horn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	powder horn
释义	powder hornn. Brit. /ˈpaʊdə hɔːn/, U.S. /ˈpaʊdər ˌ(h)ɔrn/ Forms: see powder n.¹ and horn n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: powder n.¹, horn n. Etymology: < powder n.¹ + horn n. Now chiefly historical. A powder flask made of the horn of an ox, cow, etc., with a wooden or metal bottom at the larger end. Also: a horn-shaped powder flask made of some other material. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > container for gunpowder powder box1379 powder barrel1496 powder poke1496 powder horn1508 powder bag1533 flask1549 powder flask1552 budge-barrel1627 powder chest1627 powder magazine1712 auget1752 powder keg1791 salting-box1802 pulverain1890 1508 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 107 The kingis powdir horn of silvir. 1533 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 162 Item, ane pulder horne. 1581 Edinb. Test. IX. f. 184, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Pouder-, Pulder-, Poulder-horn(e xij poulder hornes price of the pece xiij s. iiij d. 1645 in C. W. Manwaring Digest Early Connecticut Probate Rec. (1904) I. 21 A file, a butter tub, a powder horn, a prre of old Stockings. 1695 London 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. 1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 16 You may..stick your Candle in a Bottle, or..in a Powder-horn. 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina ii. ii. 322 Each having a good horse well equipt, a rifle, two dragoon pistols, and a hanger, besides a powder horn, shot pouch and tomahawk. 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 170 Powder-horns, shot-belts, and game-bags scattered about. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) IV. xv. 419 The hardy backswoodsman,..armed with a rifle, a powder-horn, and a pouch for shot and bullets. 1906 Athenæum 1 Dec. 687/1 Illustrations of a papier mâché powder-horn..decorated with designs by him. 1916 C. Eastman From Deep Woods 31 [I took] my Hudson Bay flintlock gun..with my shot-pouch and a well-filled powder-horn. 1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart 853 It involved pouring the correct amount of gunpowder into the small muzzle hole of the gun from a powder horn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1508
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