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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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 

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 19 Nov. 2024.

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