sleigh bell
7
2.7
- noun
- /sleɪ bɛl/
:
cascabel
- Is that sleigh bells?
- sleigh bells jingle
- hear sleigh bells
- sleigh bells ring
Please, Dax, please remove the sleigh bells.
- Please, Dax, please remove the sleigh bells.
Examples
-
Then you closed your eyes and pretended that you were asleep, but all the while you were listening intently for the sound of sleigh bells and the clattering of reindeer hooves on your roof.
Fiction book (1990) -
When the children heard the sleigh bells, they rushed outside to see if Santa had arrived.
-
How about some, uh... some sleigh bells?
-
* To hear sleigh bells * In the snow *
-
Think of sleigh bells, off you go
-
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening
-
We've got sleigh bells approaching.
-
Sleigh bells tinkling across the snow
-
As their paths drew closer, Yuri could hear the sleigh bells jangle in time with the horses' canter.
Fiction book (1999) -
The tinkle of the sleigh bells was muffled, the horses snorted in the cold, and the runners sliced the crisp snow.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
A small bell on a sleigh or horse harness that makes a jingling sound
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and literally composed from 'sleigh' (a vehicle on snow) + 'bell' (a ringing object): it denotes a bell associated with a sleigh. This straightforward noun‑noun composition is common across languages and follows expected English compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
The noun sleigh bell comes from real bells tied to a sleigh or the horse's harness on winter rides; the bell would jingle as the sleigh moved. That's why it means 'a small metal bell on a sleigh'.