morral

noun

mor·​ral

məˈral,

-räl

plural morrals

-lz

or morrales

-äˌlās

West

: a fiber bag usually used as a food bag for horses : nose bag

the provisions were in a morral hung on a tree

—J. F. Dobie

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from morro protruding lips

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