powder horn
Example Sentences
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The theft also resulted in the loss of dozens of objects, some three centuries old, including a prayer book, a powder horn and antique guns and swords.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2022
Earlier this year, a rare powder horn that belonged to an African American soldier killed in the Revolutionary War went on display at the Museum of the American Revolution.
From Fox News • Jun. 24, 2019
Guests of Historic Deerfield were transported back in time with cannon, silversmithing, open hearth cooking, powder horn crafting and horse-mounted weaponry demonstrations, to name a few of the attractions offered.
From Washington Times • Apr. 24, 2017
The powder horn is inscribed with his name and 1773, the year in which Hamilton, born out of wedlock in the Caribbean island of Nevis and later orphaned, entered what today is Columbia University.
From US News • Dec. 26, 2015
The powder horn and a small sharp hatchet hung at his belt and he carried the gun ready loaded on his shoulder.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
