sleigh bell

noun

: any of various bells commonly attached to a sleigh or to the harness of a horse drawing a sleigh: such as

: cascabel sense 2

: a hemispherical bell with an attached clapper

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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 There’s no time like the holidays — sleigh bells ringing, gift giving, kids singing, kids screaming. —

Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023 Sprinkle in beloved holiday songs and sleigh bells. —

Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2023 North Pole, New York This small Upstate New York village in the Adirondack Mountains is home to Santa's Workshop, a year-round outdoor theme park complete with lights, sleigh bells and reindeer. —

Madison Roberts, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for sleigh bell