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English
Noun
drinking-horn (plural drinking-horns)
- A drinking-vessel made from the horn of an animal.
1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 91:He put down his sword and helmet and took the drinking-horn that was served to him, and finished it.
Translations
a drinking-vessel made from the horn of an animal