"powder horn" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: powder horns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} powder horn (plural powder horns)
  1. A tool, usually made from an animal's horn, used to load gunpowder into a gun or cannon. Wikipedia link: powder horn Translations (horn for gunpowder): ruutisarvi (Finnish), corne à poudre [feminine] (French), cornet à poudre [masculine] (French), poire à poudre [feminine] (French), Pulverhorn [neuter] (German), Pulverhorn [Alemannic-German, neuter] (German), krutthorn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kruthorn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), prochownica [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-powder_horn-en-noun-yqM~-jBO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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