sleigh bell

noun

: any of various bells commonly attached to a sleigh or to the harness of a horse drawing a sleigh: such as
b
: a hemispherical bell with an attached clapper

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Saturday's cartoons - merry-go-round, sleigh bells, and more Newsletter sign up By The Week US published 7 December 2024 Subscribe to The Week Escape your echo chamber. The Week Us, theweek, 7 Dec. 2024 For those of you tired of the usual holiday movie diet of sleigh bells, snowflakes, and sugarplum fairies, The Hollywood Reporter‘s international team has whipped up a menu of new foreign films, currently available to screen in the U.S., that offer something for a more refined cinema palate. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2024 Passengers are treated to hot chocolate by dancing chefs, hear a reading of the book, and receive a silver sleigh bell from Santa. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 15 Nov. 2024 Butter Bean, an elderly canine of terrier extraction, trots around the house in a sweater vest bearing a jangling sleigh bell. Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sleigh bell 

Word History

First Known Use

1772, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sleigh bell was in 1772

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“Sleigh bell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleigh%20bell. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.

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