nose bag
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nose bag
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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Hazel had eaten various roots in his life, but only once before had he tasted carrot, when a cart horse had spilled a nose bag near the home warren.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
It was a long canvas nose bag with straps to go over a horse’s ears.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
"Kiná," a true veil, not the "Burká " or "nose bag" with the peep-holes.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
About dinner time he drove the horse under a quaking asp tree, tied a nose bag of oats over its head and took a wad of bread and bacon from his greasy pocket.
From Remarks by Nye, Bill
A nose bag is the thing you tie on a horse for him to get his grub from.
From Still Jim by Morrow, Honoré
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