horse brass

English

horse brass (plural horse brasses)

A brass plaque used to decorate horse harness gear.
- 1945, George Orwell, chapter 4, in Animal Farm‎:
  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.
- 1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, New York: Gallery Books, 2014, Chapter 14,
  The pub combined all the traditional English qualities of horse brasses, Formica and surliness.

单词	horse brass
释义	horse brass English Noun horse brass (plural horse brasses) A brass plaque used to decorate horse harness gear. 1945, George Orwell, chapter 4, in Animal Farm‎: 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. 1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, New York: Gallery Books, 2014, Chapter 14, The pub combined all the traditional English qualities of horse brasses, Formica and surliness. Related terms phalera
随便看	discursura discursurae discursuram discursurarum discursuras discursure discursuri discursuris discursuro discursurorum discursuros discursurum discursurus discursus discursuses discursuum discursá discursábamos discursáis discursándola discursándolas discursándole discursándoles discursándolo discursándolos