📢 Loud signal 🐐 Animal growth 🎺 Brass instrument 🔱 Pointed shape 🦏 Tough substance 🦌 To stab 🐎 Saddle handle

horn

3 7.1

A high curved knob at the front of a Western saddle for holding or tying rope

noun
/hɔrn/

Jargon

: cuerno de la montura

Hold on tight to your saddle horns, son!
saddle horn
grab the horn
hand on the horn

Examples

Tom fastens one under the halter and ties the other to the saddle horn.

Fiction book (1998)
Grab hold of the horn

The Shooting (1966)
As I tied up my horse behind a round horn, I saw a man and a boy...

Jimmy P. (2013)
"Hang on to the saddle horn, dear!"

Fiction book (1996)
I kept one hand on the horn as I circled around to the southwest side of the wreck.

Fiction book (1999)
Tim grabbed the saddle horn, hoping frantically that Dobbs would stay on his feet.

Fiction book (1998)
Kym ropes the radio to her saddle horn and prepares to give it a ride across the Dakota hills.

Fiction book (1993)
Plissken pulls the lasso taut, ties the end to the saddle horn, and rides his mount parallel to the biker.

Fiction book (1996)
"Everything." Damian leaned against his saddle horn and glared at the makeshift fort atop Gavilan Peak.

Fiction book (1991)
While riding up the mountain, I held tightly to the saddle horn to keep my balance.

Synonyms

saddle horn

vshorn

Specialized

1 5.8

High rounded front part of a Western saddle that riders use to hold a rope or grip

is also used as a handhold and often made of metal

saddlebow

vshorn

9.5

A curved raised part at the front of a horse's seat that you hold to stay steady

is a projecting front piece primarily used to secure a rope

Idioms

on the horn

Informal

34 8.9

To talk to someone on the phone

to toot your own horn

Informal

7 7.5

To talk proudly about things you have done

around the Horn

1 9.5

To sail around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, often in dangerous weather

off the horn

Informal

9.4

To call someone and talk informally by phone

Compounds

car horn

6 1.1

A loud sound a driver makes to warn others or get attention

French horn

6 4.2

A metal wind instrument with a long coiled tube that makes a warm, rounded sound

horn-rimmed

3 5.5

Having frames for glasses made of horn or dark plastic

saddle horn

Specialized

1 5.8

High rounded front part of a Western saddle that riders use to hold a rope or grip

air horn

1 3.0

A loud horn that uses compressed air to make a strong sound on trucks or ships

horn of plenty

1 7.1

A horn filled with fruit and grain to show plenty

powder horn

Archaic

1 9.9

A hollow animal horn for carrying gunpowder in the past

dorsal horn

Specialized

1 7.7

A part at the back of the spinal cord that receives signals from nerves for touch and pain

English horn

1 6.1

A woodwind instrument like an oboe that has a lower, warm sound

automobile horn

1 2.1

A device on a car that makes a loud sound to warn people

bass horn

Specialized

7.0

A brass instrument with a very low sound used in orchestras and bands

basset horn

Specialized

9.9

A low clarinet that plays lower notes than the B-flat clarinet and is used in orchestras and chamber music

chrome horn

8.2

A shiny metal thing on a car or truck that makes a loud sound and looks decorative

anterior horn

Specialized

9.3

The front part of the spinal cord that contains nerve cells controlling muscles

air horn

Archaic

6.0

The part of a carburetor where air enters before mixing with fuel

baritone horn

6.1

A brass instrument like a small tuba that makes a warm low sound

Little Horn

8.1

A river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana known for Custer's Last Stand

motor horn

2.7

A part on a vehicle that makes a loud sound to warn people

horn button

2.7

A button in a vehicle you press to make a loud noise to warn others

horn fly

Specialized

9.8

A small black fly that sucks blood from cows near their horns

Horn of Africa

3.8

A region in northeast Africa that includes Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and eastern Ethiopia

horn poppy

9.9

A yellow wild plant with long seed pods that grows on sandy coasts

huntsman's horn

9.9

A plant with upright yellow, trumpet-shaped tubes that catch insects

ram's horn

9.9

A flowering plant with long beak-like white or yellow flowers marked with purple

post horn

Archaic

9.9

A small brass instrument like a trumpet that coach drivers use to signal when a coach arrives or leaves

posterior horn

Specialized

9.5

Back part of the spinal cord that receives signals from the body about touch and pain

stag's-horn coral

9.9

A large branching coral shaped like deer antlers that grows on shallow tropical reefs

ventral horn

Specialized

8.7

Front part of the spinal cord that has nerve cells sending signals to muscles

Surface Forms

horn singular

horns plural

Etymology

Horn for the saddle part is named because the small rounded projection at the front sticks out like an animal horn and is useful for holding a rope or a hand.