drinking horn

noun — 2 senses

drinking horn

nounalso spelled drinking-horn

1

Historical A drinking vessel fashioned from an animal's horn.

It was longer than any drinking horn that Thor had ever seen, but he was not concerned. He was Thor, after all, and there was no drinking horn he could not drain.2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 149:

drinking-horn

noun

1

A drinking-vessel made from the horn of an animal.

In the middle of the room, there stood upon the ground a huge copper vessel half full of sweet mead, and by the side of it, a drinking-horn of pure gold.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 136:
He put down his sword and helmet and took the drinking-horn that was served to him, and finished it.1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 91:

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