"horse brass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horse brasses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} horse brass (plural horse brasses)
  1. A brass plaque used to decorate horse harness gear. Wikipedia link: horse brass Related terms: phalera
    Sense id: en-horse_brass-en-noun-GbVA2Ly2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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